New threat to the nation - Sex Toys? (welcome to Alabama and Texas)
posted by
Wally
9:06 AM
Now that they've solved all the other problems in the state - because now that the Katrina mess has been completely and thoroughly cleaned up, everyone knows that Alabama doesn't suffer from any ills such as poverty or racism or poor healthcare or lack of education or lack of shoes or lack of teeth - legislators in the state have taken the bold and necessary move to protect Alabama citizens against the hazards of sex toys. A federal appeals court issued a Valentine's Day ruling upholding an Alabama law banning the sale of sex toys. But the devices won't disappear from store shelves immediately.
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Alabama's sex toy ban is constitutional because "the state's interest in preserving and promoting public morality provides a rational basis for the challenged statue."
(snip)
Alabama's solicitor general, Kevin Newsom, said he was pleased the 11th Circuit rejected the plaintiffs' argument that public morality was an insufficient basis for the legislation.
"In rejecting that view, which necessarily would have invalidated traditional prohibitions on, for instance, incest, polygamy, and prostitution, the 11th Circuit recognized and reiterated that 'the law is constantly based on notions of morality,'" Newsom said.
Use your hand, or your little sister Who do you trust with protecting and defending "morality" more than a bunch of fat white men wearing sheets dancing around a burning cross?
In other news, Texas lawmakers have also taken steps to address these threats to our national security. To hell with port security, somebody please protect us from Doc Johnson! See what Molly Ivins had to say about that:
Permalink
::
1 comments
::
|
