The ACLU of Ohio today called into question the recent actions of the Wood County Prosecuting Attorney toward stores that rent adult videos to the public. According to the Toledo Blade, at least one video store has chosen to pull adult titles off the shelf rather than risk prosecution. In the sharply worded letter, the ACLU's Vasvari questioned the tactics employed by Mayberry.
Obscenity is always a act specific conclusion, to be made on a case by case basis.
To threaten to prosecute every store that rents adult titles ignores the law, and muddies the waters. That not only offends the First Amendment, it offends a basic sense of fair play.