3-D Sex Toys ….. or Obesity

March 21st, 2006 Dan Abrams from MSNBC argues that selling sex toys should not be outlawed in any government. In recent legislation, Mississippi has declared the sale and distribution of sex toys illegal. The state’s law now reads:

A person commits the offense of distributing unlawful sexual devices when he knowingly sells, advertises, publishes, or exhibits to any person any three-dimensional device designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs or offers to do so or possesses such devices with the intent to do so.

There are several violations of rights issues that surface in this instance and you also have to question what effect this will have on the single community.

It is hard to believe that the state of Mississippi can disregard such a major aspect of life. Yes, self-stimulation can be frowned upon, and is inappropriate in a public venue due to the indecency and possible exposure to children issues, but should it not be allowed in the privacy of one’s home with the help of a safe device?

Say for second that I lived in Mississippi, I was against pornography and the use of 3-D objects to pleasure ones self, and had 3 children of my own. Aren’t there greater, more pressing issues out there that pose a greater concern and threat to my children and me? Are the people of Mississippi focusing on the wrong “evil?” Dan Abrams brings up the fact that this state has the lowest tax on cigarettes, has the highest percentage of obese citizens (64% of the population is obese!), and continues to make sex and living with a significant other illegal to those who are unmarried. Talk about a state with mixed priorities. Is the statewide obesity problem less important to address than an individual’s personal use of sexual objects?

Personally, I believe that an inability to overlook another person’s sexual lifestyles and focus on more important issues like general Health, is ignorant. It’s sad that the state of Mississippi has these ignoramuses running the state’s legislation and deny one’s right to harmless possessions and ignore their health as a whole!