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The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom has a site at
http://www.ncsfreedom.org/

The NCSF and photographer Barbara Nitke have most recently filed
papers in Federal District Court in New York City, claiming that the
Communications Decency Act's "remaining obscenity statute is so broad
and vague that it violates free speech and inhibits the discussion of
sexual issues on the Internet among adults." January 2002

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Prodomination News Site  This site keeps track of prodomination news.

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The BDSM News

Dateline: 04/01/00

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Convicted Toronto Dominatrix Vows to Continue the Fight

Toronto, Ontario - Professional Dominatrix Terri-Jean Bedford recently lost her appeal to overturn a conviction for running a house of prostitution. Bedford -- who had hoped the court would rule on whether SM is legal -- said recently that she isn't ready to give up.

"It grieves me greatly that the court has failed to seriously address the important issues raised by the case," said Bedford. Referring to the decision's opinion that prostitution can "encompass acts that do not include genital touching but are intended to be sexually stimulating," Bedford observed, "The decision defines a stripper as a prostitute. S&M is one of hundreds of activities that it seems can be called sexually [stimulating] -- whatever that means. This decision will, in my opinion, result in many innocent people being persecuted for having good (or naughty) clean fun. People may now be deprived of paying for an endless list of activities which do not even involve occasional genital contact."

"I have waged this battle with the help of many people from diverse backgrounds. I waged this battle because I wanted to know what I did that was legal. I wanted to know what the rules are. Citizens who have no clear rules do not live in a free society."

Bedford says she is putting together a coalition to fight the Canadian Bawdy House laws under which she was prosecuted. Her lawyer, York University's Alan Young, is launching an Action of Lobby to have the vaguely-worded law eliminated, and plans to use Bedford's case as the basis of his campaign.

"I was right. We fought. If we continue to fight... right will triumph."

(Source: Boudoir Noir newsletter


 
http://www.thewgalchannel.com/news/1545746/detail.htmlWoman

Faces Prison For Selling Dirty Underwear
Postal Inspectors Discover Web-Based Business

POSTED: 8:56 p.m. EDT July 5, 2002

ANDERSON, S.C. -- A Central, S.C., woman pleaded guilty this week to 
federal
charges of mailing soiled underwear and other items that she sold over 
the
Internet.

According to a release from South Carolina U.S. Attorney Strom Thumond 
Jr.,
21-year-old Christine Vetter (pictured, left) admitted in federal court 
that
she operated a Web site offering the items for sale.

Vetter said that, from November 2000 to March 2002, she sold and mailed
about $9,000 worth of soiled underwear and other used hygiene and
sex-related items on the Web site while she was a student at Clemson
University.


The woman faces up to five years in prison or a $250,000 fine on 
charges of
"mailing indecent and filthy substances."

The case was investigated by U.S. Postal Service agents. The 
investigators
learned about Vetter's business when they spotted a letter addressed to 
her,
labeled that it contained child pornography.

The envelope did not contain any child pornography, inspectors said. 
They
later determined that that the sender of the letter was a disgruntled
customer of Vetter's Web site.

Vetter's site is no longer operating.

 

 

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