"Then why does it say that Texas restricts the distribution of sex devices?"
The Meese Report only covered the "what", not the "why".
Easy enough to guess the why, though. Some politician is up for election. Casting about for an "issue", he winds up with a "family values" theme. But what to address? The people in his district mostly go to church, they've already voted the county dry, there aren't any gangs, etc. Face it, they are boring. But, there is still an election to win. So why not restrict the sale of "rubber goods"? Those who buy them won't admit it and those that don't will accept it as a family values issue. With any sort of luck, his opponent will get angry about this meddling in people's personal lives and get painted as a pervert...
The strategy works. Sometimes though, it will blow up in their face. For example, one time in Santa Fe(no, not that one, the one in Texas) a local preacher started railing against the Playboy channel on the local cable service. He finally got a proposal to ban it on the ballot, only to see it go down(so to speak) in flames when it came up for a vote. Over 80% of the residents voted it down... |
