Sunday, February 8, 2015

Texas Obscenity Law

The Obscene Device Law is a Texas statute dealing with obscenity. In 1973, the Texas Legislature passed Section 43.21 of the Texas Penal Code which, in part, prohibited the sale or promotion of ""Obscene device[s]" mean[ing] a device including a dildo or artificial vagina, designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs."


When this was cited by a Florida congressman as proof that Texas was a goofy state, a pundit wrote "if purchasing obscene objects is illegal in Texas then they should arrest the Koch brothers for purchasing so many Congressmen".

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  1. Texas is probably the most sane State in the Union.

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  2. Very sane, they actually amended the law to say that no single family could posses more than three dildoes. Good for Texas.

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    1. My bad, that should have been 6 dildoes. Here is the full text of the law:

      http://www.dumblaws.com/law/938

      Texas also banned the entire Encyclopedia Brittanica because it gives the recipe for brewing beer. The epitome of sanity.

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    2. Considering how many males get a boner over their guns, does that makes guns an obscene device?

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    3. It's not the number of dildos that's important. It's your battery supply that matters ...

      ;-)

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    4. pfunky, perhaps a real life application for solar.

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