The case of the stimulating vibrator

By Michael J.W. Stickings

Good news for opponents of sexual medievalism:

A federal appeals court has struck down a Texas law that makes it a crime to promote or sell sex toys.

"Whatever one might think or believe about the use of these devices," said an opinion written by Justice Thomas M. Reavley of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, "government interference with their personal and private use violates the Constitution."

Similar laws exist in Alabama, Mississippi, and Virginia -- all waiting to be struck down. Thankfully, at least this federal court upheld the Constitution and put liberty before theocratic moralism.

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