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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: O. H. Rundell who wrote (3949)	2/18/1999 7:38:00 AM
From: flatsville	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

O.H.--You want me to explain THIS!?!?!? EXPLAIN THIS!?!?!? Explain why state functions will not be y2k compliant!?!?!? Well, allright. The State of Alabama obviously has other priorities. =================================== cgi.pathfinder.com Women Sue Alabama State Over Ban On Vibrators HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (Reuters) - A lawyer asked a federal judge Wednesday to strike down an Alabama law banning the sale of vibrators, saying the statute was a government invasion into the bedrooms of people pursuing ''perfectly normal'' activities. ''We just think this demonstrates a bias toward conduct that is perfectly normal,'' lawyer Mark Lopez, of the American Civil Liberties Union, told U.S. District Judge Lynwood Smith. Smith heard arguments in a lawsuit filed by a group of women who oppose a law enacted last year that bans the sale of vibrators and other sex toys. He took the case under advisement but did not indicate when he would rule on the matter. The suit names several women as plaintiffs, including B.J. Bailey, who sells sexual aids and novelties at parties, and Sherri Williams, who owns romance boutiques in Huntsville and Decatur, Alabama. ''It's a $10,000 fine and a year of hard labor if you get caught selling vibrators,'' said Williams. ''This is not a stereotypical sex shop,'' Williams said of her business, Loving Enterprises Inc. ''We do candles and chocolates and lingerie, all the ingredients for a romantic evening. It just so happens that sex toys are one of those ingredients.'' Last year, the Alabama Legislature passed an anti-obscenity statute that outlawed strip clubs and barred the sale of items to enhance sex, including vibrators and certain kinds of condoms. ''They set out to eliminate strip clubs, but along the way they snuck in sex toys,'' Williams said. ''Not only did they take away your entertainment, but when they were done they also took away your right to entertain yourself.'' Courtney Tarver, representing the state, pointed out that the law banned only the sale - not the use - of vibrators. ''We see the legislature acting within its powers,'' he said. Reut19:16 02-17-99 (17 Feb 1999 19:15 EST)