Vibrator’s are illegal in Texas
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Vibrators are Illegal in Texas[/caption]Under a 1973 Texas law, sales of “Obscene device[s]” are prohibited.
Meaning: a device including a dildo or artificial vagina, designed or marketed for the primary use of stimulation of human genital organs.
People have been arrested recently, most notably a store clerk in Lubbock, TX in 2007 & Burleson in 2004.
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I used to work in an adult store in Dallas, and was arrested under the obscenity laws. It’s stupid and prude and not what the public wants. It’s sickening how long it took to get those laws changed. Vice department still gives these stores a hard time today, even without that law to stand on.
@NayNay who asks what kind of law is that; it’s all here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_obscenity_statute and the law has now been struck down as unconstitutional so you can now legally buy sex toys in Texas
TO: Klownin_around – try Adam and Eve or TLA Video or Falcon Studios/Videos – they ship to Texas
must not be in affect because I just tried to buy 1 for my girl and trojan does not allow shipment or sale to TX. which is disappointing …..
really?? what kinda law is that?!?
I live in Texas and I used to run several Adult Video Stores.
This law was overturned in 2008 but at one time, people can only own 2 vibrators or those dildos that look like realistic replicas of a man’s penis. They couldn’t be advertised as as Sex Toy when they were placed on sale; they had to be advertised as a Novelty. Also, only licensed doctors could own more than 2. It also varied from county to county; for example, in Harris County (Houston), you could buy vibrators but not realistic penis dildo replicas. Like I said, the law has changed and you can pretty much buy them anywhere in Texas and own more than 2.
oops… forgot the date of the article:
5th Circuit Overturns Texas Sex Toys Ban
Angela K. Brown
The Associated Press
February 14, 2008
“A federal appeals court has overturned a Texas statute outlawing sex toy sales, essentially leaving Alabama as the only state with such a ban.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Texas law making it illegal to sell or promote obscene devices, punishable by up to two years in jail, violated the Constitution’s 14th Amendment on the right to privacy.
Companies that own Dreamer’s and Le Rouge Boutique, which sell the devices in its Austin, Texas, stores, and the retail distributor Adam & Eve, sued in Austin federal court in 2004 over the constitutionality of the law. They appealed after a federal judge dismissed the suit and said the Constitution did not protect their right to publicly promote such devices.”
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202904864073
umm… yea… not 2 sure about tht 1? u eva been 2 tx? not many abide by tht 1
maybe you shouldnt carry your dildo and your machine gun at the same time!The christians are not the cause for the neanderthal mentality of human beings,anyone who supposes this idea is a pseudointellectual.www.intelligentdesign.org…I hate this damn (google: NSA brain implants).www.US-government-torture.com
or rather, it was deemed unconstitutional by the Texas Supreme Court.
this law was overturned in 2008
dang i guess i have to throw mine away
geta real man ladies
That’s what y’all get when you keep electing the same morons and morons with the same last names to the legislatures. Not to mention that the Texas legislators were caught cheating when they passed laws. Go to the you tube and look up Texas legislators caught cheating.
Land of the free huh?
land of the christian free. religion does this to people
The Christian Right is neither Christian nor right.
That is ridiculous! Would you rather make love or shoot somebody?
thats a tough question, sometimes its a close call
machine guns ok, dildos no way, what a bunch of morons. dildos can be fun too
to Walter……”machine guns ok,”
Machine guns, or fully automatic firearms ARE NOT legal anyplace in the country unless you have a Federal permit (which few have), and costs several thousand dollars a year to have, extensive background checks, and severe scrutiny to obtain. Since 1934, there have been ONLY (2) known homicides involving the 240,000 legally owned full-auto “machine guns” in the USA.
http://www.guncite.com/gun_control_gcfullau.html
That aint jus stoopid. That is dawn rite ritarded
They get around it though by saying they are for novelty or educational purposes and not meant for sexual gratification.