Ah, another Southern state moved closer to the dark ages. South Carolina is trying to pass a law similar to the one here in Texas banning the sale of sex toys. They are claiming it is constitutional by warping the "community standards" clause in the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court ruling regarding obscenity.
The real underlying reason for trying to prosecute these kinds of victimless crimes is very plain. In the minds of the puritanical legislators sex is for "makin babies" and anything that would enhance the experience or bring pleasure must be a sin. What a bunch of repressed hypocrites these guys are!
In trying to pander to the wacko fundamentalist fringe they are passing laws that they don't feel will hurt anyone, or at least anyone they might care about. That way they can say they are strong on "family values" and yet do nothing significant. In reality these yokels are blind to any moral judgment that doesn't fall between the waist and the knees. Take kickback, graft, steal, and murder people in the name of the state, is just fine, as long as there was no sex involved. Of course I do remember Jesse Helms and the African American woman he got pregnant out of wedlock. I guess that was OK because she was black.
The new law will make it a felony to distribute or sell sex toys and levy offenders with a $10,000 fine and five years in prison. I guess this law could have been pushed by the local law enforcement who has been the victim of drive by dildoings lately. Gawd bless Amerika!
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