If the court declines to take the case - as it did in 2005 - Alabama residents
shopping for sexual novelties could soon have to look outside the state's
borders.
"A person should have the right to make their own decision to explore their
sexual boundaries outside what some government official says is moral," Sherri
Williams said outside the Supreme Court before filing the appeal.
Williams has waged a mostly losing battle against the law since the state
legislature passed it in 1998.
The Atlanta-based 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals dealt her the latest setback
on Valentine's Day, upholding the ban as constitutional and saying "the state's
interest in preserving and promoting public morality provides a rational basis
for the challenged statute."
The state has held off on enforcing the law as the case winds through the
appeals process.
Alabama is one of a handful of states, including Texas and Georgia, with laws
restricting sales of sex toys. The Alabama "anti-obscenity" law bans the sale
of sex toys but not their possession.
Associate Press
