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Dead Constitution See other Dead Constitution Articles Title: You gotta fight for your right (to vibrate) You gotta fight for your right (to vibrate) October 1st, 2007 by Steve
Talk about vibrators is once again the buzz around Alabama. The United States Supreme Court refused to hear the Alabama sex toy case, ending a nine year battle for the right to keep and bear (well, more accurately, purchase) sex toys in the state. Sherri Williams provided the money quote in this AP article:
Sherri Williams, owner of Pleasures stores in Huntsville and Decatur, said she was disappointed, but plans to sue again on First Amendment free speech grounds.
“My motto has been they are going to have to pry this vibrator from my cold, dead hand. I refuse to give up,” she said.
Alabama’s anti-obscenity law, enacted in 1998, bans the distribution of “any device designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs for anything of pecuniary value.”
There is currently a court injunction which prevents Alabama women from being arrested for purchasing sex toys, but Attorney General Troy King’s office plans to “to ask a federal judge to lift an injunction preventing the law from being enforced.”
This should indicate something of the nature of Troy King.
To begin, I’m inclined to agree (for legal reasons, not philosophical ones) that the Supreme Court shouldn’t have heard this case because of the states’ rights angle pertaining to the selling of such devices. However, a First Amendment angle may compel the court to act (and I’d love to hear the oral arguments).
In the meantime, taking this issue to court again is a waste of time and money. All the Alabama Legislature has to do is pass a simple bill to get rid of this archaic code. Rep. John Rogers has introduced such legislation in the past — and was, more or less, laughed off the floor.
One might think this would be a bill every legislator in the state could support. That they don’t is somewhat telling. When politicians won’t even pander to the female vote with what should be an uncontroversial issue, they show us how backwards Alabama really is.
“In reality, a shower head could be used as a sex toy,” Rogers once stated. “It’s a useless law. It makes us look like a bunch of yokels.”
When a man known to wear a sky blue leather suit on the floor of the State House is embarrassed about his colleagues, it’s time for the rest of us start paying attention.
In conclusion, this promotional video about dildos seems to be the perfect closer to such a stupid chapter of Alabama history. I’m not sure whether the true dildos are the sex toys or Alabama legislators, though.
There is a video that was posted with this which is rather humorous but for adults:
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#1. To: Zipporah (#0)
Hmmm.. watching this is making me very 'nervous'.. :P
Why? Visualizing yourself ultimately standing in front of a group of other women and saying, "I am Zipporah, and I am addicted to my vibrator!"? :P
#4. To: Peetie Wheatstraw (#3)
..a new 12-step program?? :P
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