Texas is the land where regulation is always second, or so they say. However, it's also a state where politicians have chosen to regulate oddly specific things, from laws allowing residents to hunt feral hogs from hot air balloons to laws outlining the number of dildos a person can own. Recently, Texas legislators have set their sights on something that has become ubiquitous in recent years: sex toys in retail stores. Perhaps unsurprisingly, they want them out. A ban on sex toys in stores . Republican Rep. Hillary Hickland is behind the proposal to ban sex toys. Earlier this week, Hickland filed HB 1549 , a bill that would ban retail stores such as Walmart, Target, and CVS from selling sex toys. Under the bill, only a "sexually oriented business" will be able to sell sex toys.
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Good enough for FDR, good enough for RFK.
Hey, FDR is always rated in the top two of the greatest presidents. Maybe Trump is hoping a resurgence of polio will make America great again!