The Supreme Court of Alabama in 2009 upheld a state obscenity law banning the sale or promotion of sex toys.
At issue in the Alabama case, 1568 Montgomery Highway, Inc. v. City of Hoover, is whether there is a constitutional right to sexual freedom.
In 1998, the Alabama legislature passed an amendment to the state’s obscenity laws that made it a crime to distribute "any device designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs "
The law does not criminalize masturbation or the use of sexual aids purchased across state lines.
In the recent Alabama case, the City of Hoover sought a declaratory judgment that a company doing business as "Love Stuff," which sells sexual aids targeted at women, among other things, was in violation of several provisions of Alabama’s obscenity law, including the provision cited above. Love Stuff responded with a challenge to the constitutionality of the law.
Indeed, the law was challenged by sex toy vendors and users almost immediately upon enactment and has been embroiled in litigation ever since.
In a FREE country why is selling sex toys illegal in Alabama????
@Mark
"Yes, there is no such thing as a constitutional right to have sex whatever way you want to."
Wow just wow.
