Texans now free to go fuck themselves
Posted Tue, 02/19/2008 - 13:45 by bartley
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Texas law making it illegal to sell or promote obscene devices, punishable by as many as two years in jail, violated the right to privacy guaranteed by the 14th Amendment.
see also this video from the late Molly Ivins that shows how the people got around the law. Watch till the end for a nice punchline (might be nsfw due to dildos educational anatomical models):
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That is fucking insane
This is one of the best and most intriguing videos I've ever seen on the your tubes.. I figured that "no sex toys" meant "no dildos, period." But it just meant you couldn't call them dildos, and they must look like penises. And GOD HELP YOU if your personal massager doesn't have an animal figure on it. Funny though that you could stick whatever you wanted up your ass, so long as it's not a penis. I guess this means that the baby Jesus butt plug was legal, even if that one prick's constituents might have hung you for it. I wonder where Realdolls fell under that law. Surely that's educational also? Gah, the questions are endless.
Reminds me of the whole tobacco water pipe nonsense. I could make a lewd reference to law enforcement testing these devices for illegal residue, but I guess now I don't have to.
Also, I only vaguely recall ever hearing of Molly Ivins before, but she's now one of my heroes.