Things ain’t so sweet in Sweet Home Alabama

Last Summer, in response to having my film, DAMON AND HUNTER: DOING IT TOGETHER banned from being shown at a gay and lesbian documentary film festival in Sydney, Austrailia, I wrote the following:

“I made this film because even today, here in America, in Australia, and elsewhere, the state’s role in the most intimate aspects of the lives of its citizens remains an open question.”

Six months later, to no one’s surprise, the question of just how much of a role the state can and should have in the sex lives of its citizens remains a topic of contentious debate, and today the news is not good.

Today, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the state of Alabama’s ban on the distribution of “any obscene material or any device designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs.”

In other words, today in Alabama, it’s illegal to sell sex toys. Today in Alabama the state has the final say in what a woman can put in her twat.

What’s next Alabama? Lube? Tampons? Birth-control?

Effective 9AM tomorrow morning, and until further notice, Comstock Films will offer free shipping on all orders to Alabama.

UPDATE: Please see the following post for details and free Alabama Shipping Coupon Code

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2 Responses to “Things ain’t so sweet in Sweet Home Alabama”

sonicfrog Says:
February 16th, 2007 at 5:26 pm
Hmmm. Never tried to put a film up there, but I guess it’s worth a shot:-)
Auburn War Eagle Says:
February 16th, 2007 at 6:22 pm
Will this cause Alabama to outlaw the growing and selling of zucchini? After listening to Alabama’s Jeff Sessions wacky pronoucements these last few years from the floor of the US Senate I can understand how Alabama lawmakers might feel that phallic vegetables should be outlawed, too.