The war on sex continues (this time it's in Georgia)

[LiberalGuy000]

You might think this is a joke, but it's not.
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HUGE FEES PROPOSED PER EACH ADULT VIDEO TITLE

ATLANTA, GA -- House Bill 1553 would require that any video store that rents or sells any adult title must obtain a license as an adult video store. The fee for that license is to be assessed based on the total number of adult titles for sale or rent as follows:

1) Ten thousand dollars for each specific adult video title the adult video store sells; and
2) Five thousand dollars for each specific adult video title the video store rents.

http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2005_06/sum/hb1553.htm

And check out the other legislation proposed by the sponsors of the bill. That Bobby Franklin is a real piece of work. :puke:

[xchrom]

1. conservative christians do not want to live in peace

with other american citizens.

and that's all there is to it.

[Orrex]

2. Well, if past hypocrisy is any indicator...

These fines would probabyl do more to hurt the finances of elected Republicans, more than anyone else.

[rpgamerd00d]

3. They can still lease them at no charge. -nt

[MadMaddie]

4. It's really unbelievable considering that these stores provide

tax resources for the state...

These laws would effectively put these businesses out of business!!

This is a ridiculous bill!! I gotta feeling that there will be a backlash to this.....

[DS1]

5. Possible counter-measure

Buy a license for the most vile adult movie title you can think of (especially for that area) for example

Fill my tiny white ass with big black cock
or
6 black dicks in one white chick
in other words piss off the Klan members down there too


and then print out your single license to sell that movie in about 600 inch lettering and display it in your front window - as it's now a legal document to display.

[rpgamerd00d]

6. I ALREADY FOUND A LOOPHOLE !

They can sell "premium memberships" to their customers. These "memberships" cost $X / month. Anyone with one of these memberships can check a certain # adult video out of the "library" for free each month - NO CHARGE, not sold, not rented, just borrowed. This gets around the law. Anyone wishing to own such videos can simply "lose" them, and settle their "loss of materials" fine with the store, just like when you lose a library book from the library.

I rule, republicans suck.

:rofl:

[John Q. Citizen]

10. Very clever. n/t

[MadMaddie]

13. You do rule....I love it....

:rofl:

[zbdent]

7. Okay, let's use that logic

on cigarettes and liquor, too . . .

$5 per cigarette in the store . . .

$100 per container of beverage . . .

[Gman]

8. Go check at the top of this guys closet

and see which titles he has stashed up there.

[Marnieworld]

9. Cigarettes cause cancer but they attack Porn purveryors

It's sick mind control, forced thought police. I get so mad. grrrrrr. :mad:

[Debau2005]

11. What is to stop

people from buying them online? This is a waste of GA tax payer time. And seeing that I am one of the oppressed GA tax payers this is infuriating.

[boobooday]

12. This will never work

Republicans love porn. They propose it knowing it will never pass, and they look all virtuous, and also get to keep their porn.

This is their game.

[Peanutcat]

14. Whoa! First they try to take away our dildoes

And now they're trying to take away our porn?!

[Swede Atlanta]

15. Unconstitutional

The proposal is blatantly unconstitutional. The U.S. Supreme Court has held that governments may impose "reasonable" restraints on the sale (impliedly applicable to rentals as well) of such material provided it isn't indecent. The licensing scheme proposed here imposes too great a burden on the exercise of free speech and would be subject to immediate injunction in a U.S. District Court and would assuredly be held unconstitutional.

But these nuts will do anything to boost their image in their places of worship and to get their names in the media.

[LiberalGuy000]

18. Thank you!

Are you in law school or are you currently practicing?

[LiberalGuy000]

16. of course....

...This is the same state that put a man in jail for 20 years in 1986 after he was arrested for having sex with a male partner.

[Sparkly]

17. Is this their latest "wedge issue?" Cuz I can't imagine it working. nt

[Initech]

19. How does the American Taliban keep getting elected?

I mean really, $10,000 for each porno title sold? What the hell???