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City Hoovers Dildos: Alabama Supreme Court Reaffirms Sex Toy Ban

By Dan Filler

You have to hand it to the operators of Love Stuff, in Hoover, Alabama.  They don't give up easily in their quest to sell dildos  and other devices "designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs."  The legislature in Montgomery, Alabama has long been opposed to the sale of such items and has explicitly proscribed it.  The City of Hoover - a modern shopping mall suburb that was my hometown for two and a half years - has targeted Love Stuff as a threat to Hoover's upscale shopping persona. (Point of trivia: did you know that the Birmingham Metropolital Statistical Area was actually renamed the Birmingham-Hoover MSA because Hoover is such a job center?) 

Through all of this, the Love Stuff crew  kept selling their gear - but only to customers who sign a form saying their purchase complies with state law.  The Alabama Supreme Court told them to quit-it back in September but Love Stuff sought reconsideration.  The Alabama Supremes have now fully reconsidered the matter and reaffirmed their prior position: the ban on sale of sex toys is consititutional. 

I guess people will either have to order by mail or satisfy themselves with a massager from the Rite Aid.  Their devices (presumably) have a multiplicity of uses!

Full post as published by The Faculty Lounge on March 08, 2010 (boomark / email).