Florida and Texas are neck-and-neck when it comes to insane laws, but the Lone Star State might have edged out a winner with trying to pass a “dildo law.” Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) is using that to assert that Texas is the crazier state, reported The Huffington Post.
“One of their cities has a law that says that women can only have six dildos, and the certain size of things,” said Hastings. “And if that ain’t crazy, I don’t know what is.”
The HuffPo noted that when Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) was the state attorney general, he fought in court to uphold the dildo ban law which would have outlawed the sale of sex toys. That law was struck down by a Texas state court in 2008. Even the wording of the law is a bit strange.
“A person who possesses six or more obscene devices or identical or similar obscene articles is presumed to possess them with intent to promote the same.”
The law assumes that someone with more than six dildos will most likely be a dildo dealer. Everything about the law is arbitrary, from the cut off number of dildos to the assumption someone with more than six dildos will be selling them.
Hastings has a past of calling out Texas on its wild and crazy ways. When discussing Texas’ stance on the Affordable Care Act, Hastings blatantly called Texas a “crazy state,” and Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) demanded that Hastings apologize.
However, everyone knows you don’t mess with Texas because Texans actually become hypersensitive crybabies when someone insults their state. Texas conservatives are the first ones to act rugged and tough, but say something about Texas, and they revert to snot-nosed children.
The HuffPo also noted that Hastings has said some choice words about about Florida itself, and who could blame him? Florida is terrible.
“Consider the fact that I am a native Floridian and that I dislike it,” said Hastings. “I have cautioned about living in Florida and when I retire, I’m not so sure I’m going to stay there.”
Considering the reputation of each state, it’s really tough to say whether Texas or Florida is the craziest state. In Texas, there was a dildo ban law. In Florida, it’s legal to build a makeshift shooting range in your back yard. Maybe they’re both the craziest states, each in their own respective ways.
