From Nashville Scene:

Down With Dildos!

Two state legislators say no to sex toys

by John Spragens

Thank God the state legislature is back in session. When they’re gone, political columnists are forced to take up serious topics like the deputy governor lobbying subordinates on local political issues, U.S. national vulnerability to cyber-attack and the police chief threatening to storm out of a neighborhood meeting. But now that America’s dumbest criminals have reconvened their lawmaking body, it’s easy street for journalistic bottom-feeders to meet deadlines.

To wit: Senate Bill 3794 (House Bill 3798), legislation that would make it illegal to sell, advertise, publish or exhibit to another person “any three-dimensional device designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs….” For that matter, if you offer to show someone your dildo collection—or possess a vibrator with the intent to show it to someone—you’d be violating this proposed state law. And don’t even think about wholesaling those three-dimensional sex toys.

Of course, as with all good public policy, state Sen. Charlotte Burks and Rep. Eric Swafford have included a few exemptions for responsible dildo-users. College students and faculty are allowed to enter the sex-toy trade—as long as they are “teaching or pursuing a course of study related to such device,” like Auto-Erotic Stimulation 101. Your doctor or psychologist will similarly be authorized to prescribe the regular use of a sex toy “in the course of medical or psychological treatment or care.” And finally, employees of historical societies, museums, public libraries and—wait for it—school libraries are allowed to traffic in devices named Thruster, The Emperor and The Horny Hare, provided they’re doing their official duties. That means the Carnton Plantation would remain free to put up that “Dildos of the Antebellum” exhibit Robert Hicks has been pitching.

What do Burks and Swafford have against genital stimulation? Your guess is as good as ours. At press time, staff members hadn’t returned messages left Tuesday morning, probably because it’s hard to defend such stupid ideas. Attorneys for the state of Georgia couldn’t defend them either: two weeks ago, a federal appeals court overturned portions of a similar Georgia law on the grounds that advertising bans violate free speech rights.

Nonetheless, this Tennessee legislative tag-team went ahead and introduced their bill last Thursday, and on Monday, it passed a perfunctory first reading. In other Monday developments, Tennesseans died from a lack of health care, remained poorly educated and were among the most obese state populations in the nation.

I cannot believe this. I live in Tennessee and have not heard this. This makes me sick with all the problems we have in Tennessee and they are worrying about this.

How ridiculous.

Lol. that's crazy.

BTW, I just found out that in Japan dildos have to have a face on them.

LOL...holy [!@#$%^&*]!! CRAZY!!

In the Nashville Scene a month ago there was a huge article on a woman who gave 249 blowjobs in a 24 hour span. I was pissed because its a free paper that anyone can pick up and its got a full article on some whore who was happy and felt she accomplished something by giving the most blowjobs in a 24 hour span. She went on to laugh how she swallowed almost all of the guys, so I wonder how her stomach felt with a half gallon of cum? Just thought I would share, this woman also plans to team up with another chick and try 500 blowjobs in a 24 hour span. I dont see how her jaw could handle that!

Uh, what happened to real issues, like the economy, schools, crime, drugs, homelessness, etc?

Some of these politicians amaze me. They care more sex than anything. They don't want gays to get married, they don't wan't teenagers to have access to birth control to prevent pregnancy, now they don't want adults to have dildoes. They need to stop worrying about what goes on in people's bedrooms, and worry more about what's going on out of them.

Thank you for allowing me to rant.