A video store in Honolulu won a federal court decision that will allow it to continue to show outside signs bearing the shop' name. The court issued a temporary restraining order to stop the city from forcing the store, named Inserection, to take down three signs. \n In Honolulu, businesses need permits for signs placed on the outside. Inserection applied for and received permits for its three signs in June. The store opened in August. A month later, Jan Naoe Sullivan, director of the Department of Planning and Permitting, decided to revoke the permits. Sullivan believed the signs violated the state' "pornographic for minors" law. \n According to Hawaii, anything that is mostly about "explicit and detailed narrative accounts of sexual excitement, sexual conduct or sadomasochistic abuse" is taboo. All three signs of the video store said "Inserection Adult Fantasy Store" and had no pictures or drawings of any kind. \n Sullivan wrote to Chamblee Visuals, LLC, which owns the store, that recent reaction from the community shows that the signs are offensive to most residents because they appeal to "a minor' prurient interest," which is against the law. The "recent reaction" was two news conferences held in front of the store by a city councilman. \n Chamblee Visuals argued that the signs don't even come close to violating the law and filed suit against Sullivan, Honolulu Mayor Jeremy Harris and the city and the county. The owners charged that the city had violated free speech rights under the First Amendment. \n Federal Court Judge Susan Oki Mollway agreed with Chamblee Visuals. She wrote that Inserection' signs do not depict people and do not have an explicit or detailed narrative. The signs, each with multicolored letters against a white background, do not appear "to constitute a sexually oriented, detailed narrative." \n The temporary restraining order is to be in effect until later this month, by which time the court will either issue another one or the city will have reached an agreement with Inserection.
All models were at least 18 years old at the time of their performance. 18 U.S.C. 2257 Record-Keeping Requirements Compliance Statement.
