Attorney General King Tries to Stick It to Sex Toy Distributors
November 12th, 2007 by Steve
When the Supreme Court refused to hear the Alabama sex toy case, the powers-to-be decided that the way to law was written in Alabama made it too difficult to prosecute business owners on intent-to-distribute charges.
The state law is “too vague to pass constitutional muster,” Vance ruled. He questioned the law’s definition of “substantial” in reference to the amount of adult-oriented material inside a store and named stores such as Books-A-Million and Wal-Mart, which sell books and items similar to some products sold at Love Stuff.
“While no one contends that a book superstore like Books-A-Million is an ‘adult bookstore,’ the problem is that the word ’substantial’ is not defined,” Vance wrote. “What if such books constituted 60 percent of a bookstore’s inventory — is that substantial enough to throw the business into this category? What about 40 percent or 20 percent? No guidance is given as to where to draw the line.”
Additionally, folks were understandably taking advantage of a loophole which allows such devices to be sold in cases of medical necessity. Now, state Attorney General Troy King wants the legislature to better define the law, so people will have their right to a mechanically-induced orgasm usurped.
Alabama Attorney General Troy King might ask the Legislature to amend the state’s anti-obscenity law after a Jefferson County judge ruled this month that part of the law was too vague to force closure of a Hoover store that sells sexual devices.
“I think the vagueness of this law that is being alluded to would best be addressed where it was created, by the Alabama Legislature,” said Chris Bence, a spokesman for King. “That is the best way to bring clarity to an issue that is not sufficiently clear.”
An often neglected portion of the Alabama Constitution still reads:
The sole object and only legitimate end of government is to protect the citizen in the enjoyment of life, liberty, and property, and when the government assumes other functions, it is usurpation and oppression.
I’d like to know how any such legislation could be considered constitutional under Alabama law. Outlawing sex toys would clearly be usurpation and oppression, IMO.
In the mean time, Loretta Nall is suggesting that people mail Troy King a sex toy.
I think that Troy may not have any experience with devices used in sexual pleasure, so, I am starting a crusade to introduce Troy King to the fabulous world of ben-wa balls, rubber weiners and pocket tooties. I want to encourage all of my readers to purchase a sex toy of some sort and send it to Alabama Attorney General Troy King. I also think there is something fundamentally wrong with a grown, college educated, elected official who seems to obsess over what other consenting adults in his home state might be using in the privacy of their bedrooms. I mean…don’t we have much more serious problems in Alabama that our Attorney General should address?
It’s no longer a case of some archaic or obsolete law left on the books when people such as the Attorney General are trying to put more teeth into the law in order to prosecute legitimate business owners. Because of people like Troy King, Alabama continues to be the laughing stock of the nation.
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