ABILENE, Kan. --
The grassland outside was dark and silent.
In a windowless gray building off Interstate 70, a tired-faced clerk was playing with sex toys.
"Do you need a battery?
She asked politely all night.
Two ladies in prim suits smirked on a shelf and looked at a mess of presents.
A truck driver searches for pornographic movies on thousands of DVDs.
Near the rapture love sling, a wife talks to her husband via a mobile phone and she is working on the vibrators of all sizes, shapes and colors, hundreds of them.
Adult supermarkets like this bloom everywhere in rural America ---
Bright lights, sharp clean, and-
Good organization-stocked as .
Now X-remote highway
Rated in Quaker, Ohio (population, 563) and Nelson, Missouri.
(212), sick in Montrose.
And Perry, Michigan.
The lion's nest chain operates 29 stores in the Midwest, including exit 272 near Dickinson County dairy and hay bags.
In these small towns, the arrival of large pornographic shops was completely unexpected ---and divisive.
The debate on ethics, obscenity and privacy has been held at Church dinners and planning committee meetings ---
Sometimes in court.
John Hal Tom with a doctorate
John's underwear chain has recently been locked up in prisons in the United States of America in the states of Neas and Utah for selling obscene objects and pornography to minors.
He and other adult shopkeepers have also taken the offensive to sue city officials for trying to force them out of business, or state councillors to review their billboards.
In central Kansas, the lion's nest faces criminal charges;
The judge will hear the final pre-trial debate today.
Executives at Lion Den declined to comment on the case.
Meanwhile, the store has filed a federal lawsuit against Dickinson County as it tries to limit when and where sex supplies can be sold
Subject goods.
The case will be heard on January.
Many locals find themselves very contradictory.
The adult store is evil, says one hairdresser, and then she admits she may try some products to increase her relationship.
A sales representative said he supported free business, but he was reluctant to see sales tax on obscene items in his town.
"I haven't solved all the problems yet," said Amber Brook, a young waitress . ".
"I grew up in a Christian family, and I believe there is both right and wrong.
But I don't think it gives me the right to impose my values on others.
"Abilene's discord was triggered last fall when Lion's Nest opened a supermarket in a former staki restaurant near Interstate 70, located west of town 6,500.
Executives at Lion Den won't comment on why they chose the location.
But a few adults
Store managers say stores in rural suburbs are growing rapidly-
Not because the heart zone has a very high demand for pornography, but because the market has not been so good --
Not received until recently
"There is no competition within my 40-mile range," said Jenny Smith, who runs Lion's nest in Newton, Iowa.
"We did a good job.
"Rural areas are also attractive because of the low cost of land and construction.
Few neighbors complain about being late-night hours.
Potential customers flow on interstate, including long-
Truck driver who will stop at any Open place at three in the morningm.
Just to keep yourself awake.
Perhaps most importantly,of-the-
Counties like this rarely have legal restrictions on sexual behavior.
Business oriented.
"These rural communities have never thought that they have to deal with what they think is a big problem --city problem.
So, as we said, they were caught and their regulations were canceled, "said Tennessee lawyer Scott bergsall, who built his career by helping towns fight adult businesses.
Abilene as a whole market
American town, home of President Eisenhower, Russell Stover chocolate, and the Greyhound Hall of Fame.
But this is not to say that the community is G-rated.
In addition to the standard Hollywood blockbusters, the local video Center has a collection of small and popular pornographic films.
"We had them here for 18 years and never heard of it," said owner Gary Khan Lan, who stopped carrying them after protesters opposed the lion's nest.
Right across the county line, in a dingy old gas station, I smelled the smell of cigarettes
For more than a decade, 70 adult novelty has been operating without protest, selling pornographic videos and charging for porn movies in a minute --draped booth.
Still, the lion's nest stands out for blatant provocation with its fancy black colorand-
Yellow billboards and their ads in the countrysidewestern radio.
"It's not your Playboy 30 years ago.
It's a porn movie, "said local activist Philip Cosby.
"There is no end to the fall.