http://jessy1019.vox.com/library/posts/2008/02/page/1/ en Vox Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:32:10 -0800 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://jessy1019.vox.com/library/post/sex-toys-for-texas.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Jessy) http://jessy1019.vox.com/library/post/sex-toys-for-texas.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://jessy1019.vox.com/library/post/sex-toys-for-texas.html?_c=feed-rss-full Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:32:10 -0800 <p>According to <a href="http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/02/14/0214sextoys.html?cxtype=rss&amp;cxsvc=7&amp;cxcat=52">this article</a>, a federal court struck down an infrequently enforced ban on sex toys that has been effect in Texas for years and was first challenged in 2004.&#160; Happy Valentine&#39;s Day, y&#39;all.&#160; Have some vibrators!</p><p>Naturally, the whole idea of a ban on &quot;<a href="http://www.ashleysextoys.com">obscene devices</a>&quot; (like these here <a href="http://www.ashleysextoys.com/store/section/vibratorsstimulators.asp">stimulators</a> and these <a href="http://www.ashleysextoys.com/store/section/dildosrubbergoods.asp">dildos</a> . . . oh, and these little old <a href="http://www.ashleysextoys.com/store/section/buttproducts.asp">butt plugs</a>) strikes me as funny.&#160; Then again, if my state had such a ban, I would be unemployed, or employed in a significantly less interesting way!&#160; According to the article, three more states have sex toy bans -- Mississippi, Alabama, and Virginia.&#160; Remind me not to move there any time soon.&#160; </p><p>On a more serious note, many states also have laws on the books forbidding consensual anal sex, oral sex, and sometimes homosexual relations of any kind.&#160; While these laws are seldom if ever enforced, it is a sad sign of discrimination (and proof of a way too involved Big Brother government) that they exist at all.&#160; Of course, since 9/11, even more invasive laws have been getting passed with ease, all in the name of national security.&#160; If the next election doesn&#39;t go well, we will be saying goodbye to abortion and all kinds of other important freedoms.&#160; </p><p>Ah well . . . why end on a depressing note?&#160; Go buy some <a href="http://www.gigglesworld.com">sex toys</a>, Texas!<br /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jessy1019.vox.com/library/post/sex-toys-for-texas.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4143a4aa56a4700e398dc630a0004?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p>