Texas's Bass Ackwards Dildo Law overturned + hilarious video

Bill · 2008-02-14, 04:21 PM

The good news is that the federal courts have overturned an insane dildo law in that state. It seems, in texas, if you own more than 6 dildos you have committed a crime, and of course, it goes without saying, if you sell a dildo you have commited a crime.

Federal judge says - "Uh, NO!".

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5540395.html

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Houston's adult bookstore backers Wednesday hailed a federal court's decision to overturn a 35-year-old state law that banned promotion or sale of sex toys. But the decision won't go into effect until the court issues its mandate in early March — long after the industry's lucrative pre-Valentine's Day season.

A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the law violates the privacy protections of the 14th Amendment.

What the judges wrote
"Just as in Lawrence, the state here wants to use its law to enforce a public moral code by restricting private intimate conduct," the judges wrote in the 2-1 ruling. "This case is not about public sex. It is not about controlling commerce in sex. It is about controlling what people do in the privacy of their own homes because the state is morally opposed to a certain type of of consensual private intimate conduct."

The judges alluded to Lawrence v. Texas, a Houston case that resulted in the U.S. Supreme Court overturning the state's sodomy law in 2003.

"I've been anticipating this for some time," said Ray Hill, consultant for a number of local adult bookstores. "The same justification has been used to reverse similar laws in other jurisdictions. As recently as last week a store was busted on Telephone Road. They confiscated dozens of items and carried the clerk off to jail."

Hill charged that the law has resulted in few local convictions, but has been used to "bully and intimidate minimum wage employees" who typically are arrested in police raids.
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Now, the video, made by the redoubtable Molly Ivins - and I guarantee you this video is funny as hell.

You gotta watch it til the end - punch line - "You have to arrest those two men, because under Texas law it is ILLEGAL for a prick to touch an asshole...".

http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2...texas_dild.php

2008-02-14, 04:21 PM	#1
Bill Selling porn allows me to stay in a constant state of Bliss - ain't that a trip! Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,914	Texas's Bass Ackwards Dildo Law overturned + hilarious video The good news is that the federal courts have overturned an insane dildo law in that state. It seems, in texas, if you own more than 6 dildos you have committed a crime, and of course, it goes without saying, if you sell a dildo you have commited a crime. Federal judge says - "Uh, NO!". http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5540395.html --- Houston's adult bookstore backers Wednesday hailed a federal court's decision to overturn a 35-year-old state law that banned promotion or sale of sex toys. But the decision won't go into effect until the court issues its mandate in early March — long after the industry's lucrative pre-Valentine's Day season. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the law violates the privacy protections of the 14th Amendment. What the judges wrote "Just as in Lawrence, the state here wants to use its law to enforce a public moral code by restricting private intimate conduct," the judges wrote in the 2-1 ruling. "This case is not about public sex. It is not about controlling commerce in sex. It is about controlling what people do in the privacy of their own homes because the state is morally opposed to a certain type of of consensual private intimate conduct." The judges alluded to Lawrence v. Texas, a Houston case that resulted in the U.S. Supreme Court overturning the state's sodomy law in 2003. "I've been anticipating this for some time," said Ray Hill, consultant for a number of local adult bookstores. "The same justification has been used to reverse similar laws in other jurisdictions. As recently as last week a store was busted on Telephone Road. They confiscated dozens of items and carried the clerk off to jail." Hill charged that the law has resulted in few local convictions, but has been used to "bully and intimidate minimum wage employees" who typically are arrested in police raids. --- Now, the video, made by the redoubtable Molly Ivins - and I guarantee you this video is funny as hell. You gotta watch it til the end - punch line - "You have to arrest those two men, because under Texas law it is ILLEGAL for a prick to touch an asshole...". http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2...texas_dild.php