TN Democrat has a bill to outlaw products of hmmm, shall I say..

[madfloridian]

personal gratification. The word starts with d and ends with a o. I find this almost worse than the woman who wrote the op ed saying you must not have sex for pleasure.

What is going on in this country? When my husband and I left our Southern Baptist church it was over being patriotic. Now I am finding out that churches here are starting stuff like this.

Tennessee Guerrilla Women are blogging about this.

http://guerillawomentn.blogspot.com/2006/03/lawmakers-r-seek-to-outlaw-dildos.html

The Dire Problem of Dildos in Tennessee

Apparently, lawmakers in this impoverished red state can't find enough serious problems to address, so they've turned their minds to sex, specifically sex toys.

For unknown reasons, State Senator Charlotte Burks (DINO) and State Rep. Eric Swafford (R) have been thinking a lot about the activities going on your bedroom. They have come to the conclusion that Tennessee will be a better place to live if the state regulates your bedroom by outlawing dildos.

Dildos today, mandatory missionary position tomorrow. We think it's high time the Republican party considers a name change. We suggest the Victorian Party, along with a campaign slogan of: Vote for a Victorian, and Say Hello to the Peeping Tom State in Your Bedroom.

It's true that Burks calls herself a Democrat, but in this state the Democratic party is over-run with Republicans."

People I knew growing up here are losing their everloving minds to this stuff. And old high school friend and I parted ways when I questioned her condemnation of her daughter for going to work instead of staying home with children. She told me God would judge her.

They scare me. They totally scare me.

[derby378]

1. On edit: I originally asked "Domino?"

Starts with a D and ends with an O.

[madfloridian]

3. LOL

Good one.

And it was cute and funny.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. At least you can still get abortions in TN

They are trying to ban abortion in MO now. First SD, then one by one other states are following.

[Solly Mack]

4. Check out Maddy's thread. TN is on the list of states with legislation

to curtail/ban abortion

[proud2BlibKansan]

17. Yeah I started one about MO too

[Solly Mack]

18. I know ...posted on it

:)

[FreedomAngel82]

21. Maybe and maybe not

Tennessee is on the list now. We do have a democratic governor so hopefully he'll veto anything that pops up.

[Dem2theMax]

34. Was that supposed to be a pun?

"anything that pops up"

[bullimiami]

5. i agree 100%. those damn women should be out cruising for the real stuff.

outlaw dildos everywhere. hip hip hoorah!!!!


:)

[Nikki Stone 1]

6. They'll outlaw fingers and thumbs next

:kick:

[BlackVelvet04]

9. Not to mention the evil

cucumber. :-0

[politicaholic]

10. Not the magic fruit!

:silly:

[Nikki Stone 1]

12. LOL!!!!!

What a bunch of whackos.

It'll be like Victorian England where we'll have to cover piano legs so some frustrated teenaged boy doesn't get aroused.

(And yes, that was why they used to do that.)

[liberal N proud]

7. It is about forcing their beliefs on everyone else in the world

They want to make all of us live miserable lives like they do.

[politicaholic]

8. Wait, they're taking away abortion rights and dildos?

Sounds like they're getting ready to pass a female circumcision law to me.

[cantstandbush]

11. They are against born life, sex in any form, government, and humanity.

They are really scary scary people.

[Cleita]

13. Well you can always do it the old fashioned way and

carve a parsnip into the heh desired shape. I'd like to see if they would go so far as to ban certain vegetables.

[Horse with no Name]

27. Nah

You will just have to sign an affidavit at the grocery store stating you are going to use them for the intended purpose.
Oh...next thing they are going to outlaw anything shaped in the ungodly phallic shape.

[Minnesota Libra]

14. It's George Orwell's 1984 otherwise known as Nazi, Germany 1939 nt

[madfloridian]

15. I really never post about sex stuff, but these guys terrify me.

They are getting like Taliban. My state legislator is trying to keep changing parental notification laws here in Florida until the courts can NOT find for the plaintiff at all. He also have his aide give sermons for free if you call. She calls abortion murder, talks down to those who call.

Good Lord they scare me. And I was raised Southern Baptist with a father who was deacon and chairman of almost every committee.

[NMDemDist2]

16. does that include showing off your garden produce?

after all those cucumbers are pretty darned tempting

[Retrograde]

26. what about these peppers?

An hierloom pepper called, appropriately, Peter:

https://www.totallytomato.com/ttsite/ttsiteviewproduct.aspx?ProductID=8493

and yes, I'm growing some this year! The way things are going it might be my last chance to get the seeds :-)


Another view at http://www.plantations.cornell.edu/collections/botanical/peppers.cfm

[Horse with no Name]

28. EEGADS!

What if they broke??
Can you imagine the seeds getting loose "down there"?

OUCH!

[Retrograde]

31. That thought hadn't even crossed my mind!

Get your minds out of the gutter - I was planning to put the plants on my front porch as ornamentals! Really, officer. Besides, it's supposed to be on the hot side.

I just like to grow odd-looking plants.

[electropop]

29. I wouldn't recommend peppers for that purpose.

Had a friend who tried that, and it wasn't pretty. ;-)

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[Lars39]

20. It sure would be awful if these two were seen in compromising positions,

wouldn't it? Everyone needs to email these 2 idiots. Snail mail 'em some dildos, too.

[shaniqua6392]

22. They are trying to turn the United States into Heaven on earth.

A true Christian does not concern themselves with earthly things. You can not create a heaven-like atmosphere on earth. This is not what God wants. He wants us to be assured that we will only find Heaven through Him. These types of people who profess to be Christians are missing the whole point. The earthly world will always be full of sin. You must not worry about the sins of others on earth, just yourself. It is impossible to create a Heaven on earth. As a Christian I believe their actions are hurting people and they are moving further from God's grace.

[Initech]

23. Ugh, our personal freedoms are being taken away one by one.

:argh:

[TreasonousBastard]

24. 'tis my understanding Texas has such a law...

and at least one woman holding house parties to sell sex toys and goodies has been harassed. Dunno if it's gone as far as indictments, but court decisions about privacy in the bedroom are beng circumvented as surely as decisions on abortion.

And damn near everything else personal and private.

They're not letting up on the anti-buggery, anti-porn, anti-infidelity, and anti- every other damn thing they have no business sticking their obsessed, dirty little noses into.

When are the anti-miscegenation laws coming back?

These are people who are convinced sex is dirty, and nothing will convince them otherwise. And they insist on government not intruding on personal property, their own lies about their enemies, but happily bustng into our bedrooms. I don't remember the details, but a while back a couple was busted for some "revolting" sex act, probably a blowjob, because a peeping tom was watching in their window and called to complain about how he was so upset.

Once was a time the peeping tom would get busted, but now he's a force for civic decency.

They're in my medical records, my phone calls, my finances, my emails, and now back in my bedroom.

GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY LIFE!

ALL OF OUR LIVES!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

30. Pretty much

What that lady got in trouble for was explaining to the undercover police how to use the toys. She "promoted" the use of them for human genital stimulation. That's what's a no-no in Texas. We can sell them and buy them but we have to call them novelty items and you don't go into how to use them. It's really one of those stupid laws that serves no purpose except to make uptight people feel better. :eyes:

[Jacobin]

25. They've already been illegal in Alabama for years

And the conservative whackos on the federal appeals courts have upheld challenges to the law

[cynatnite]

32. They'd have to pry mine out of my cold dead hand...

Okay, I'm being a little sarcastic.

These people hate women...they hate our freedom over our minds and bodies. They are the real terrorists. :grr:

[clyrc]

33. I grew up in a Southern Baptist household

and even though I left the church when I was 18, I can say that Southern Baptists are much more conservative now than they used to be. But churches in the part of Florida I used to live in...scary. Two years ago I was back there around Independance Day, and a friend called me to ask me to a patriotic play put on by the combined efforts of many area churches. I never heard of anything like that when I was growing up, and frankly it scared me. I'm a Unitarian now, and I understand the importance of a spiritual life, but these super-churchy people scare me.

[FlaGranny]

35. I think these folks

think about sex a LOT MORE than the average person. Weird. It never even occurs to me to wonder what people were doing in their bedrooms or worry about whether sex toys are for sale somewhere. What they hell are they doing thinking and worrying about dildoes? They're just oversexed nuts. VERY weird people.

[BattyDem]

36. No. They don't think about sex a lot more than the average person

They think about OTHER PEOPLE having sex a LOT MORE than the average person! :eyes: :puke:

[FlaGranny]

38. Thats what

I was trying to say. :evilgrin:

[cynatnite]

37. five thousand dollars and six months in jail....

http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/HB3798.pdf

1) Any person, except one who wholesale distributes, who violates this section commits a Class A misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall, in the case of the first offense, be fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or imprisoned in the county jail for a term not to exceed six (6) months, or both. If the person has been previously convicted of a violation of this section, then the
person shall be fined not less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500)nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or imprisoned for a term not to exceed the maximum punishment for a Class A misdemeanor.

**********

Wow, all for owning a dildo. I'm leaving a copy of this at the store that sells them here.

[ebayfool]

40. They're still protecting the business class though?

"...except one who wholesale distributes..."?

Does that mean it's okay to sell 'em - but you're busted if you buy 'em?

Are they going after inflatable dolls w/lifelike skin & 'parts' as well, or just making sure that the womenfolk don't have access to tools to make up for their menfolks' shortcomings or shortages? What's next - clitorectomy?

[cynatnite]

41. Nope...

(2) Any person who wholesale distributes in violation of this section commits a Class A misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or imprisoned for a term not to exceed eleven (11) months twenty-nine (29) days, or both. If the person has been previously convicted of a violation of this section, then the person shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) nor more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or imprisoned for a term not to exceed eleven (11) months twenty-nine (29) days, or both.

(3) A corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, business, establishment, organization or other legal entity other than an individual convicted of distributing unlawful sexual devices or wholesale distribution of unlawful sexual devices shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars
($1,000) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000). If such legal entity has been previously convicted of distributing unlawful sexual devices or wholesale distribution of unlawful sexual devices, then such legal entity shall be fined not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) nor more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).

[ebayfool]

43. TY, cynatnite!

Can't open pdf files while online - crashes my pages!

Still want to see them take away the boys' toys if they are gonna be peeping in the public's windows, though.

As my kiddoes say - 'If Mom ain't happy, no one else is gonna be'!


on edit:
Durn speelchucker, I should use it more! Piblic? Is that even a word?

[kevinbgoode]

39. Well, God tells me that it is time to judge THEM

and their tongues should be cut out for their nonstop gossiping and interference in the rights of others.

[Random_Australian]

42. heh heh

Cutting tongues! That's their new policy!
Lol!

:tinfoilhat: