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Well, Georgia is about to head down the path of Sodom and Gomorrah. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Federal 11th Court of Appeals has struck down a section of the Georgia obscenity law that banned the sale of Sex Toys. The law wasn't entirely draconian, it allowed for exemptions for "A person associated with an institution of higher learning, either as a member of the faculty or a matriculated student, teaching or pursuing a course of study related to such material", or a doctor's note. Evidently a note from mommy to buy a dildo wasn't good enough.

Even more interestingly, the Georgia law stipulates that "Material not otherwise obscene may be obscene under this Code section if the distribution thereof, the offer to do so, or the possession with the intent to do so is a commercial exploitation of erotica solely for the sake of their prurient appeal." Better make sure that those massage oils get used ABOVE the waistline, sunshine (with apologies to Murray Head)