Texas's Anti-Sex-Toy-Promotion Law
• Sex Crime
Joanna Grossman on Findlaw writes about Joanne Webb the Texas mother who was busted for hosting a Passion Party.
In June 2003, in Lawrence v. Texas, the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision striking down a Texas law making homosexual sodomy a crime. In the course of the decision, the Court recognized that -- pursuant to the constitutional Due Process right to "liberty" -- adults have a right to "enter into [an intimate relationship] in the confines of their homes and their own private lives. . . ."
The Texas law may violate that right -- a right that belongs to Webb's customers, but which Webb herself may be able to assert. The Texas law may also violate Webb's own free speech rights under the First Amendment.
Is There a Constitutional Right To Promote the Use of Sex Toys?