11th circuit court of appeals: no fundamental right to sex toys

by Violet Blue on February 15, 2007

toybanxbiz.gifOr really, sexual privacy. The world has indeed gone insane. Snip from the Xbiz article:

“In a unanimous opinion, a three-judge panel for the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an Alabama statute banning the commercial distribution of sex toys, saying that there is no fundamental right to privacy raised by the plaintiff’s case against the law.

According to the statute, it is ‘unlawful for any person to knowingly distribute any obscene material or any device designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs.’” Link.

Update: I slept in this morning — Xeni’s got essential updates a-plenty in Sex toy ban upheld in AL, adult gizmos = illegal devices.

Violet Blue

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