Sale of Sex Toys Illegal

Last year, I linked to a story about a new law in South Carolina that would ban the sale of sex toys. I didn't realize these toys were such a threat. Today I came across a circuit court decision that upheld a similar law in Alabama:

In a unanimous opinion, a three-judge panel for the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an Alabama statute banning the commercial distribution of sex toys, saying that there is no fundamental right to privacy raised by the plaintiff's case against the law.

The rationale is that "the sale of sex toys was more similar to 'prostitution' than to private, consensual sex, the Eleventh Circuit upheld the Alabama law." I don't really think this absurd story needs much commentary, does it? Well, I did find a pretty good one:

To paraphrase Andrew Orlowski's brilliant quip about the INDUCE Act, under this law one could stroll down Alabama's southern streets selling semiautomatic rifles and dildos, and be arrested for the dildos.

I'm so glad to see we have our priorities straight.