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Originally posted by NotFromHere
Things may have changed, but I believe in one or two of the southern states it is illegal to possess a vibrator - I think masturbation is part of that whole line of reasoning.
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Alabama. That legislation was recently affirmed by that state's legislature.
In Texas it's only dildoes and artificial vaginas that are outright outlawed as "obscene devices." "'Obscene device' means a device including a dildo or artificial vagina, designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs." The statute in Texas really only talks about promoting such devices, so my bringing my rabbit across state lines is ok. I'm presumed to have the intent to promote obscene devices, though, if I have more than six of them (I'm assuming six of the same kind, not six obscene devices generally). Theoretically, I guess, some vibrators could be considered obscene under the statute, though the personal massager argument will likely prevail. Given that I can buy a vibrator off the shelf at Cindy's and I've heard judges talk about the health that can be promoted through vibrators, I think that vibrators have been deemed Ok.
"Deviant sexual intercourse" in the statute overturned by Johnson had a second definition of "the penetration of the genitals or the anus of another person with an object."
Edited to add my favorite part of the statute: " 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."
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