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Anti-Obscenity Enforcement Act : ウィキペディア英語版 | Anti-Obscenity Enforcement Act
The Anti-Obscenity Enforcement Act of 1998 is an Alabama statute that criminalizes the sale of sex toys. The law has been the subject of extensive litigation and has generated considerable national controversy.〔Reeves, Jay. Women Fight Alabama Sex Toy Ban, ''Chicago Sun Times'', Feb 18, 1999〕〔Federal Judge Overturns Alabama's Sex Toy Ban, ''The New York Times, March 30, 1999〕 == The statute ==
The statute was originally sponsored by State Senator Tom Butler of Madison, Alabama as a measure to prohibit nude dancing.〔Stevens, Challen. Sex toys never 'focus of bill'. ''Huntsville Times'', May 21, 2007〕 It prohibits "any person to knowingly distribute, possess with intent to distribute, or offer or agree to distribute any obscene material or any device designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs for any thing of pecuniary value."〔(Code of Alabama )〕 First time offenders face a $10,000 fine and a year in prison, while repeat offenders can face up to ten years in prison.〔 Exemptions exist for "bona fide medical, scientific, educational, legislative, judicial or law enforcement purposes."〔Stevens, Challen. State set to enforce ban on sex toys, ''Huntsville Times'' Oct 2, 2007〕 The law's most outspoken backers have been a coalition of Conservative Christians led by Dan Ireland of the Alabama Citizens' Action Program. Ireland has defended the law on the grounds that "laws are made to protect the public" and "sometimes you have to protect the public against themselves."〔Lyman, Brian. Ban on sex toys targeted. ''Mobile Register'' Dec. 7, 2007〕
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