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Tuesday, April 4, 2006

Poor, poor Georgia peaches

Posted by on April 4 at 16:37 PM

An obscenity statute enacted in Atlanta, Georgia in 1975 that prohibited the sale or advertisement of any “device designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs” was recently overturned by Adult entertainment lawyer Cary S. Wiggins. Huzzah!

Since 1977, Wiggins said, there have been 24 published Georgia Supreme Court opinions upholding Georgia’s sex toy ban, which has also been upheld by various state and federal courts on the grounds that devices for sexual gratification are not protected expression under the First Amendment or the Georgia Constitution.

Perhaps Georgians reasoned that outlawing “obsceneā€ sex toys would eliminate the temptation of otherwise pious genitals to sin.

But while a vibrating dildo might still be hard to find, it seems that child prostitutes are not. Way to keep it pious, Georgia.

…Atlanta, [GA] the buckle of the U.S. Bible Belt, where the world’s busiest passenger airport provides a cheaper, more convenient and safer underage sex destination for men seeking girls as young as 10.

“Men fly in, are met by pimps, have sex with a 14-year-old for lunch, and get home in time for dinner with the family,” said Sanford Jones, the chief juvenile judge of Fulton County, Georgia.

…in Georgia, punishment for pimping or soliciting sex with a girl under 18 is only five to 20 years, according to Deborah Espy, the Deputy District Attorney of Fulton County.

According to the article, half of prostitutes in Atlanta are estimated to be under the age of 18. At least we can thank God these children haven’t been sinning themselves silly with vibrating dildos.


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The demographics might be interesting. It sounds as if half of the prostitutes in Atlanta disappear from the area once they turn 18. I wonder how many of them are immigrants who got deported from the U.S. because their Bible Belt "guest worker" status had ended.

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