Texas housewife busted for hawking erotic toys

[Sequoia]

A Texas housewife is in big trouble with the law for selling a vibrator to a pair of undercover cops, and the Brisbane vibrator company she works for says Texas is an "antiquated place'' with more than its share of "prudes.''

Joanne Webb, a former fifth-grade teacher and mother of three, was in a county court in Cleburne, Texas, on Monday to answer obscenity charges for selling the vibrator to undercover narcotics officers posing as a dysfunctional married couple in search of a sex aid.

Webb, a saleswoman for Passion Parties of Brisbane, faces a year in jail and a $4,000 fine if convicted.

"What I did was not obscene,'' Webb said. ""What's obscene is that the government is taking action about what we do in our bedrooms.''

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/12/16/MNGEA3O52I1.DTL

[Jacobin]

1. Whaa???

I thought Alabama was the only state to attempt to outlaw erotic toys.

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals threw out the erotic toy ban in Alabama.

Wonder what the Fifth Circuit will do with Texas Dildo law.

[Deja Q]

2. So much for capitalism...

Just like how NAFTA's a sham because Canada can't freely trade whatever they want with us (read 'prescription drugs' if the law passes)...

I wish her the best of luck.

[cjbuchanan]

3. Dupe

See it at http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=118&topic_id=29381

[joeybee12]

4. Surprise--it's Texas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!