OK, let’s review. Here’s what the OP posted which is the magazine’s explanation as to why it will not deliver to him:
Texas indeed has a law prohibiting oral and anal sex when the participants are of the same sex (which SCOTUS reviewed last week). Of the remaining states on the list, Alabama, Mississippi, Utah and Florida ban “sodomy” regardless of the sex of the participants. Arkansas, Tennessee, Indiana and Ohio are all free states, with no sodomy laws. Cite So please, give up the idea that Taboo magazine’s subscription policy is based on the existence of the Texas sodomy law because clearly it is not true.
I haven’t seen anyone denying that such items are for sale, but whether you can buy it has little to do with whether it is legal. There are some laws in Texas that criminalize certain aspects of an item. For example, it is unlawful to carry some weapons that are not criminalized if you leave them at home. That you can find someone to sell you a two-edged blade won’t defend you from a charge of unlawfully carrying a weapon.
I can name several established business that you can go into and purchase sex devices (including dildos), movies, books, lingerie, etc.
They are legal businesses and are in the city limits. They are located in the industrial zoned non-residential areas. I suppose that is in order to keep the public from being offended and to “strangle” the business. BUT when you have a business that has a demand, people will find you.
It is not illegal, much like distilling your own alcohol…you CAN legally do it…it’s just a little more complicated.
After reading this thread, I went to three “sex/pipe” stores here in Houston (on Richmond and Westheimer for those who are familiar) and noticed no dildoes. Plenty of vibrators and other items, but nothing that resembles a penis.
The funny thing about the subscription ban is I could swear I’ve seen the magazine in stores in Ohio. Maybe I’m wrong. I’ll stop in a few stores today to check. If I’m right, that brings up the question of why would they not offer subscriptions to a state where it is sold in stores? My guess, there are cities within Ohio (like maybe Cincinnati) where the magazine is not allowed to be sold, and it’s easier to not deliver to the entire state than to try to figure out where in the state it is legal to deliver.
Flynt’s troubles with Cincinnati are fairly well known.