For the health and morality of the State

[Abominari]

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=5406177

EDIT: Actually, we should create a sticky called "Random News" for stuff like this and other little tidbits that may be of interest to posters but not necessarily deserving of their own thread.

[Jarrid]

Unfortunately, it is going to take me a year to load that video. I will view it at my father's house later today before I go to work, however. I did see the subject matter involved controlling sexual acts (I may be wrong), and if it is, I will have much to say after viewing the news video.

[Less Than Liz]

I can't watch the video (at work), but wholly support a news sticky.

[Nickoten]

For those curious, the video concerns the state of Alabama outlawing the sale of sex toys except for medicinal purposes, in the interest of prohibiting masturbation and unconventional bedroom mannerisms for "the health and morality of the State," as the thread title says.

Featured is a store that makes customers fill out a form stating they need the products for medicinal reasons before they can purchase sex toys, those in the store of which carry "This item is for sale for medicinal purposes only!" stickers.

Pretty crazy story, I wonder how widespread these sort of laws are in the South.

[BAMAJAMA]

Arghh, well we are in the Bible Belt. There are just as many of us in states like Alabama who disagree with this sort of thing but we are the silent ones usually, because we are not running for public office. It irritates me to no end that whenever anything newsworthy happens in our state, the media go and find the ugliest, dumbest redneck they can to put on the 10 O'clock news.

[Poofy]

Well I'm certainly not moving to Alabama anytime soon.... not that I ever wanted to in the first place.

[Matron]

Medicinal purposes?

[Abominari]

Yeah, medical purposes. Like:

"Have you or your partner recently encountered difficulty achieving an orgasm? ( ) Yes ( ) No"

[Atlas]

A dildo a day keeps the doctor away.

You're not gay as long as you only like it coming out, not in.

But you, my Big Blue friend -- I don't know about you... mysterious.

[BAMAJAMA]

That is just a way that the ones who are bringing this up, again politicians running for office, have a loophole so they can still get their "black mamba".