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December 17, 2003Texans in Court for Selling VibratorsBy Byron LaMastersWell, it's certainly great to see our tax dollars hard at work cracking down on illicit vibrators, obviously a great threat to the moral fabric of our society:
God save Texas. As I've said before, we may have nixed the sodomy laws post-Lawrence, but even so, Texas remains home to scores of stupid sex laws. Via Atrios. Posted by Byron LaMasters at December 17, 2003 05:51 PM | TrackBack
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I hope the company will pay for her to have a vigorous defense. Posted by: WhoMe? at December 17, 2003 07:57 PMWhen vibrators are outlawed, only outlaws will have vibrators! Here's is what is so great about our State (and I am a 4th Generation Texan). Our Penal Code makes it completely legal to screw a barnyard animal, so long as you are not "reckless" as to whether someone else will see you. Yet, consensual sex between two adult women or men is a crime. Personally, I think the foregoing is the result of the strong Tex A&M lobby in the Leg. (Yes, Lawrence was struck down, but it's still on the books, and don't expect the Leg to repeal it. I think it is a pride thing - you can strike it down, but we still will not repeal it. Kind of like the fact that Mississippi recently had a vote on whether to amend its Constitution to remove the ban on miscegination - it failed, big time.) Posted by: WhoMe? at December 17, 2003 09:40 PMEugene Volokh had some interesting facts posted about the law in question here the other day-- apparently you guys down in Texas are one of only three states with the word "dildo" in a state law. Posted by: Sean at December 17, 2003 10:22 PMInterestingly enough we are also one of a handful of states to have several dildos holding statewide office... Posted by: Andrew D at December 18, 2003 03:34 AMNow I understand why those Republican women are so uptight. Posted by: Alan at December 18, 2003 10:05 AMHmmm...vibrators as narcotics... Posted by: Patrick at December 22, 2003 04:46 PMI'm thinking that moderate corporal punishment(like a 5 or 6 swat school paddling)could be administered to Ms.Webb.I say this not because i'm against her,but I say this because if she is found guilty of this silly "crime",it would be nice if they'd let her take this,instead of sentencing her to a $4,000.00 fine and a year in jail.Any possibility they might consider something like this?Please email me and tell me what you think.I feel it would really be a much lighter punishment. Posted by: Tom at February 24, 2004 06:21 PM
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