Wednesday, February 11, 2004
What problems, exactly?
A reader sent a link to this story:
Maybe that's why they declined to be identified.
Texas mom faces trial for selling sex toys201k admits to being a bit curious as to what problems, exactly, vibrators were causing in marriages. That anyone would admit to, that is.
DALLAS, Texas (Reuters) -- [Joanne] Webb, 43, was arrested in November by two undercover police officers for selling sexual toys and charged with violating Texas obscenity laws. She could face up to a year in jail and a fine of $4,000 if convicted.
Webb is a representative for Passion Parties, a California company marketing potions, lotions and sexual toys sold at gatherings that mimic Tupperware parties.
Two undercover police officers posed as a couple trying to spice up their love life and Webb sold the woman a vibrator. Webb instructed her on its use and explained how it could enhance lovemaking.
That's where she got into trouble.
Texas law allows for the sale of sexual toys as long as they are billed as novelties... But when a person markets sex toys in a direct manner that shows their actual role in sex, then that person is subject to obscenity charges...
According to reports in the local media, police said a few residents, who they declined to identify, lodged complaints. A few prominent citizens with strong Christian beliefs were angered by Webb and her activities and asked police to investigate, local media reported.
Gloria Gillaspie, a pastor at Lighthouse Church in Burleson, said she has met and counseled some women who had talked to Webb about the products she sold.
"It was causing problems with their marriages," she said.
Maybe that's why they declined to be identified.
