Jan 17, 2008 12:16
Why We Do Not Sell Dildos
Customers often inquire about dildos. Since Forbidden Fruit promotes sexual health it is not too odd of a question to ask. However, Forbidden Fruit also complies with the law. Texas Law does not permit us to sell dildos. The harnesses that we sell are not for dildos- they are for educational models, which we do sell (please see above)..
The following is an excerpt from Texas Penal Code Chpt 43 (public indecency), subchapter b: obscenity.
(a) A person commits an offense if, knowing its content and character, he wholesale promotes or possesses with intent to wholesale promote any obscene material or obscene device. [Note: "Obscene device" means a device including a dildo or artificial vagina, designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs.]
(b) An offense under Subsection (a) is a state jail felony.
(c) A person commits an offense if, knowing its content and character, he:
(1) promotes or possesses with intent to promote any obscene material or obscene device; or
(2) produces, presents, or directs an obscene performance or participates in a portion thereof that is obscene or that contributes to its obscenity.
(d) An offense under Subsection (c) is a Class A misdemeanor.
(e) A person who promotes or wholesale promotes obscene material or an obscene device or possesses the same with intent to promote or wholesale promote it in the course of his business is presumed to do so with knowledge of its content and character.
(f) A person who possesses six or more obscene devices or identical or similar obscene articles is presumed to possess them with intent to promote the same.
(g) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the person who possesses or promotes material or a device proscribed by this section does so for a bona fide medical, psychiatric, judicial, legislative, or law enforcement purpose.
Ah, texas government. Where the WASP male rules, separation of church and state is merely a pesky rumor, and creepy old people decide what can and cannot be done between two consenting individuals in the privacy of their own home.
And people wonder why I want to get the hell out of here?