Thursday, June 7, 2012

Five wives vodka

  • BOISE, Idaho -- Idaho reversed direction in the face of a lawsuit Wednesday and said it will sell Five Wives Vodka, but the liquor producer whose label makes an unmistakable reference to polygamy would not immediately rule out legal action.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Idaho reversed direction in the face of a lawsuit Wednesday and said it will sell Five Wives Vodka, but the liquor producer whose label makes an unmistakable reference to polygamy would not immediately rule out legal action.
  • (AP - msnbc.com)
  • SALT LAKE CITY, June 6 (UPI) -- The Utah maker of Five Wives Vodka said it will sue the state of Idaho, which refuses to sell its vodka and calls the label offensive to women and Mormons.
  • (United Press International)
  • SALT LAKE CITY | — Five Wives Vodka was named in bad taste and wont be stocked or special ordered at stores operated by the state of Idaho, regulators said. The middle-shelf vodka is made by Ogdens Own Distillery in Utah, where the Mormon church is based.
  • (Sioux City Journal)
  • The Idaho State Liquor Division has announced that it will make Five Wives Vodka available in Idaho by special order "to avoid unnecessary litigation.
  • (The Spokesman-Review)
  • The deputy director of Idaho's State Liquor Division says that a new vodka called 'Five Wives' is offensive, without specifying to whom. In a letter, Howard Wasserstein calls it "offensive to a prominent segment of our population.
  • (ABC News)
  • OGDEN (ABC 4 News) - The Idaho State Liquor Division has decided to begin accepting special order requests for Five Wives Vodka, two weeks after banning the sale of the controversial vodka made at Ogdens Own Distillery.
  • (ABC 4)
  •     (BOISE) — The Idaho State Liquor Division announced today it would begin accepting special order requests for the "Five Wives" vodka brand.
  • (Idaho State Journal)
  • DC prof will take case of Five Wives Vodka ban DC prof will take case of Five Wives Vodka ban A Washington law professor is threatening a lawsuit over Idahos decision to ban a brand of vodka that makes a cheeky reference to polygamy.
  • (KHQ Right Now)
  • And no, the marketing campaign is not "drink some of this vodka and then go make fun of Mormons," or anything the state could reasonably fear might affect the public safety of the citizens of Idaho…. The banned alcohol is called Five Wives Vodka.
  • (abovethelaw.com)

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