Couple sues Georgia town, requires prescription to buy adult toys. Ridiculous!!!

[Orlong]

While Im no fan of adult toys and find it ridiculous that someone would buy one, I find it even MORE ridiculous that this Georgia town prohibits their sale without a prescription from a doctor. I can only imagine how that conversation would go down. "Hey Doc, I really feel I would be happier if I could buy a fleshlight, how about a prescription for one please?"

From the article at http://www.ajc.com/news/news/weird-n...oy-law/nfx25/:

ATLANTA — First businesses, now customers are suing the city of Sandy Springs over an ordinance that requires people to have a prescription, or a medical or scientific reason, to buy a sexual device.
Melissa Davenport and her attorney, Gerry Weber, filed the suit because they want the government out of the business of regulating private lives.
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“(Some people) have this dirty mind about how people are going to use it. People really do need devices because they need it for health reasons and to have a healthy intimate life with their spouse,” Davenport said.
READ THE LAWSUIT
Davenport suffers from multiple sclerosis.
“The nerve pathways interfered (with) going to my intimate areas, to the point where I had no feeling,” Davenport said.
She told Channel 2’s Rachel Stockman taht the sex toys saved her marriage and that’s why she filed the lawsuit.
The ordinance in question prohibits the selling of sexual devices unless the customers have a bona fide medical, scientific, educational, legislative, judicial or law enforcement purpose.
Experts construe that to mean if you have a doctor’s prescription, or some kind of proof the device is being used for one of those purposes.
"The ordinance basically says the government can stick its nose in your bedroom and say you can use this but not that,” said Weber.
Weber says the ordinance violated the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which provides a right to privacy.
“People have the right to decide for themselves whether these devices help their intimate life, and the government has no business being the bedroom and second guessing that decision,” Weber said.
The city said they cannot comment on ongoing litigation, but are expected to file a response by June.
Davenport said she isn’t seeking any money, she just wants a judge to find the law unconstitutional.

I wonder if the prescription specifies the toy that you are allowed to buy and if you need one for every single toy you buy

[Crissi]

This may be the first time ever that I agree with you Orlong. this is one of the STUPIDEST lawsm ever. If a couple thinks it'll help, it should be their business and THEIRS ONLY.

Government need to get out of bedrooms.

[Rukentuts]

If you're not prepared for the consequences, don't have sex [toy].

[Aeluron Lightsong]

a Prescription to buy adult...sex toys?



Do these government officials think these things through?

[SL1200]

Good ole southern conservatism. They want the government out of their lives, and in everyone else bedrooms.

[Elegiac]

The solution is to buy them over the internet since local government can't set stupid restrictions on interstate commerce.

[Sky High]

what law even permits this?

I know sex toys SHOULD be held the same safety standards as other "toys", but the fuck is a doctor have to do with this?

"ok Mr martin, you have a colonoscopy coming up, I'm writing a prescription for anal douches, butt plugs, and 8' strap ons. need that poop shoot in TIP TOP SHAPE!"

[Elegiac]

what law even permits this?

I know sex toys SHOULD be held the same safety standards as other "toys", but the fuck is a doctor have to do with this?

"ok Mr martin, you have a colonoscopy coming up, I'm writing a prescription for anal douches, butt plugs, and 8' strap ons. need that poop shoot in TIP TOP SHAPE!"

Fun Fact: Vibrators were originally a medicinal device designed to treat women with 'hysteria'.

[-aiko-]

The solution is to buy them over the internet since local government can't set stupid restrictions on interstate commerce.

I was gonna say, just go online. Better variety anyway.

[Cthulhu 2020]

Many parts of the south are still stuck in the early 20th century (in more ways than this) back when the female orgasm was a prescription from doctors for manic, bipolar, hysteric and schizophrenic wives.

[TirielWoW]

I honestly don't understand why people think the government has the right to dictate what other people do or use in the bedroom.

[Elegiac]

I honestly don't understand why people think the government has the right to dictate what other people do or use in the bedroom.

I don't understand GOP policies either.

[Cthulhu 2020]

While Im no fan of adult toys and find it ridiculous that someone would buy one,

Makes bedroom time more fun. Toys aren't only for single people.

[Elegiac]

Makes bedroom time more fun. Toys aren't only for single people.

Indeed. There's nothing quite like tying your lover up and teasing them with toys.

....Sorry, got distracted there for a moment.

[Calfredd]

Makes bedroom time more fun. Toys aren't only for single people.

Makes it fun until the vibrator gets lost in the husband's rectum.

[Orlong]

The solution is to buy them over the internet since local government can't set stupid restrictions on interstate commerce.

No, but if they find out that you did that, they could fine/arrest you under the law for owning one I suppose

[THE Bigzoman]

What kind of sickness makes me eligible for a fleshlight?

Just curious.

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What's the world coming to where a guy can't even buy what he needs to stretch his own butthole without the government getting involved?

This very well could be signature worthy.

In fact.

[Elegiac]

No, but if they find out that you did that, they could fine/arrest you under the law for owning one I suppose

Federal common law prohibits punitive action on people for consensual intimate conduct, so...no, they can't.

[Deleted]

Curses, "page not found".

Did a search, found this though: http://reason.com/blog/2014/05/16/la...-toy-ordinance

"ordinance banning the sale of sex toys to anyone without a "medical, scientific, educational, legislative, or law enforcement" purpose."

Law enforcement? WTF do they do in interrogations these days? ;p

[Orlong]

I don't understand GOP policies either.

What makes you think it couldnt have been a law written by Dems? We dont even know when it was written.