Summary
A new Texas bill (SB 3003), introduced by Senator Angela Paxton, would require online sex toy retailers to verify buyers’ ages with government-issued photo IDs or third-party services.
Violations could result in Class A Misdemeanors and fines up to $5,000.
Critics say the bill echoes outdated obscenity laws and could push consumers to riskier retailers while creating privacy concerns.
Opponents argue it mirrors ineffective age verification laws seen nationwide and could lead to records of sex toy purchases being used against marginalized communities.
In other news, sales of some kinds of fresh vegetables have increased.
All that freedom!! What will they do with it?
Stock up while you can.
Up next: cucumbers require photo ID.
Land of the free! Small government!
Just small enough to fit into your pants…
Every vote for a Republican/Conservative is a vote against liberty.
Large enough to oppress the working class, and small enough to abide the ownership class.
Photo ID is such a stupid idea for so many reasons.
I would be interested to know the statistics of the number of phallic vegetable purchases before and after this becomes law, if it becomes law.
It’s always the states that bitch about “the nanny state” the most who are constantly trying to nanny.
As someone who lives in TX, I can confirm that the 1 star on the flag is the rating
You mean the people that are strict adherants to “traditional values” and mostly always belong to one oppressive religion or another? God I wish these people had even the slightest bit of self reflection.
Correct, the “traditional values” pedophiles who champion marrying 12 year olds, child labor and forcing jesus in public schools. Not to mention all the affairs, money laundering, tax evasion, and and public gay sex they are caught participating in. It must be exhausting for these people to be obsessed with other peoples sex life.
War on orgasms. Catchy political slogan.
Isn’t it already illegal to own more than 6 dildos?
The big picture here is that a dildo is liberating and we don’t want that kind of satanic thinking blocking our ability to control people with our bullshit concept of morality at the service of churches and gas stations.
Dildos should have a little camera that compares the face of the person using it to the registered owner.
Also, if women are caught reading in Texas, they will have a finger cut off. One finger for every offense.
Women reading? Sounds like witchcraft.
She must float in water then like a duck.
Texas already passed a law requiring ID for adult content. This seems redundant and equally stupid. Also easily circumvented by a VPN. Why are old white people so concerned with other people’s bedrooms?
I’m going to just assume that an online retailer in another state will see the shipping address and ask for ID, not caring that your browser connection is “in” some other location.
That’s a good point. Shipping or billing address I wonder. Both?
What if I’m purchasing for educational purposes?
Its Texas, especially if it’s for educational purposes.
The laws are so vague we may never know
The laws are very clear in Texas. If you are not white, strait, Christian, sexually repressed, and a piece of human shit Republican, they are coming for you.
(Satisfaction guaranteed)
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Yeah, the number of “personal massagers” sold is going to spike. This is just virtue signaling.
As someone who owns both vibes and personal massagers, I don’t want to imagine getting pounded by a deep tissue massager. Ow.
Put a big squishy plug in, and then hold a deep tissue massager against it. Heaven.
when you say " deep tissue massager" are you referring to something like a Theragun?
Look my knots require a jackhammer ok
One of the most insidious parts of the Dobbs ruling is that they took away abortion by stripping our right to privacy.
It’s natural to focus on the people it targets most: people who are pregnant. However, we lost a lot more than reproductive freedom when that reactionary decision came down.
They want to return the status quo of the 19th century in so many ways.
