The Supreme Court refused Monday to consider whether a Texas law making it a crime to promote sex toys shaped like sexual organs is unconstitutional.
An adult bookstore employee in El Paso, Texas, sued the state after his arrest for showing two undercover officers a device shaped like a penis and telling the female officer the device would arouse and gratify her.
The employee, Ignacio Sergio Acosta, says a Texas law outlawing the manufacture, marketing or dissemination of an "obscene device" including those shaped like sex organs is unconstitutional because it prevents individuals from using such devices, violating their right to sexual privacy.
Colorado, Kansas and Louisiana have held such laws unconstitutional, while Georgia, Mississippi and Texas have upheld them, said Acosta's lawyer in urging the Supreme Court to take the case.
In Iowa you can still sell a dildo without being arrested.
Two years ago, a bunch of Democrat legislators were hard up for cash and tried to insert an additional 25% length in the tax on such devices. Fortunately, the bill limped along before finally petering out.
This blog will be watching to see if the dildo tax gets any more buzz in future years. The Iowa Legislature has penetrated enough into the taxpayer's wallets without trying to ream every gal who wants to have a fun time on her own.
Update: I almost forgot, but you guys in Iowa can also still legally buy late porn star and Fort Madison native Anna Malle's vibrating vagina and anus. That post about Anna Malle's death gets this blog more traffic than you can imagine.
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