Texas woman faces trial for selling sex toys - GoFuckYourself.com

Ice · 02-11-2004, 09:00 AM

Don't know if this was posted already..but WTF...

DALLAS (Reuters) - Joanne Webb is a mother of three, a Baptist, a booster of the town of Burleson, Texas, and a former schoolteacher. She also faces trial for being a smut merchant.

Webb, 43, was arrested in November by two undercover police officers for selling sexual toys and charged with violating Texas obscenity laws. She could face up to a year in jail and a fine of $4,000 (2,138 pounds) if convicted.

Webb is a representative for Passion Parties, a California company marketing potions, lotions and sexual toys sold at gatherings that mimic Tupperware parties.

Women over 18 meet in a private home for what the company calls a "girl's night out of giggles and fun," during which products designed to enhance sex lives are sold.

It was not a secret in Burleson, a small town near Fort Worth, that Webb sold vibrators, edible creams and racy lingerie.

But not everyone was happy about it.

According to reports in the local media, police said a few residents, who they declined to identify, lodged complaints. A few prominent citizens with strong Christian beliefs were angered by Webb and her activities and asked police to investigate, local media reported.

Two undercover police officers posed as a couple trying to spice up their love life and Webb sold the woman a vibrator. Webb instructed her on its use and explained how it could enhance lovemaking.

That's where she got into trouble.

Texas law allows for the sale of sexual toys as long as they are billed as novelties, BeAnn Sisemore, a Fort Worth attorney representing Webb, told the Houston Chronicle before a gag order was issued by the judge presiding over the case. But when a person markets sex toys in a direct manner that shows their actual role in sex, then that person is subject to obscenity charges, she told the newspaper.

Webb said she turned to Passion Parties to supplement her family's income when her husband's construction business went into a slump.

"For women to become self-confident in their sexuality ... that's what I'm in this for," Webb told the Dallas Morning News before the gag order was imposed.

She added that because of her arrest, she has found herself in a role she never imagined -- a public advocate for allowing women and couples to make personal decisions about their sex lives.

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brizzad · 02-11-2004, 09:06 AM

wtf ...

Paul · 02-11-2004, 09:08 AM

WTF !

Basic_man · 02-11-2004, 09:08 AM

Those Texas peeps are fuckin' crazy!

com · 02-11-2004, 09:14 AM

fucking hard up christians. I'm going to start filing harrassment charges against any of these fucks who come after me. I've been standing in front of a grocery store, and had my hair died blue. Some lady walks up to me from out of no where and asks me "why would you do such a thing!", when I asked what she was talking about she began to inform me that my hair was a gift from christ, that my dying it was a "sin". She then whent on to try and sell me on her religion, etc... Untill i asked her why her pierced ears weren't a sin, they were a gift from christ too... it got ugly after that...

Tam · 02-11-2004, 09:15 AM

Gloria Gillaspie, a pastor at Lighthouse Church in Burleson, said she has met and counselled some women who had talked to Webb about the products she sold.

WHAT THE HELL?????

And people laugh in my face when I say this whole fucking country has gone completely mad!! You can't even make an HONEST living in the damn place anymore. Would they prefer she resorted to stealing, selling drugs and so on to feed her kids?

Shit like this REALLY pisses me off!!
Uptight people about literally everything we see and do.

MAN, I best not get started on this one.............

YourSexySecrets · 02-11-2004, 09:17 AM

the company should pay for her legal fees.

LittleMack · 02-11-2004, 09:18 AM

that is fucked up, what happens between consenting adults should not be interfered with especially this!!! The authorities there can

!!!!!!

com · 02-11-2004, 09:19 AM

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Originally posted by LittleMack
that is fucked up, what happens between consenting adults should not be interfered with especially this!!! The authorities there can !!!!!!

No shit, it's not like she sold them a baggy of crack. At any point in time they could have left... nothing illegal there. You're not buying sex toys to use for paper weights in the office.

Tam · 02-11-2004, 09:22 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by LittleMack
that is fucked up, what happens between consenting adults should not be interfered with especially this!!! The authorities there can !!!!!!

EXACTLY..... I went to one of these same parties here where I live years and years ago..... and not ONE time did I ever see anyone forcefully dragged to one of them, we were all there by choice.

They want us to be adults and make our own decisions but look what happens when we do!!

My family spent a couple of months in Texas 9 years ago, he goes to this employment place for help getting a job. There was a guy in there that was telling him about having to do 3 months of counceling for flipping a guy a bird driving down the road. Another's kid was going thru 6 months of counceling and on probation for ACCIDENTALLY bumping into someone in a lunch line, the kid tripped and fell into the kid in front of him......

It's all just crazy shit!!

who · 02-11-2004, 09:23 AM

This is the new face of communism.

Smokey The Bear · 02-11-2004, 09:34 AM

If i was in that city i would be awfully pissed off that my local cops were wasting time ans MY money, doing undercover stings on womens tupperware parties.

Texas has the most moronic laws....

You can buy a dildo but not if its for sex ? or instructed to ?

Its legal to drink a beer while you drive as long as a cop doesnt actually see you drink the beer.

You can gamble as long as your over the ocean, if your over the land its completely illegal.

They let the KKK promote street signs with the KKK logo on them on the highways.

Now we know what made bush waht he is.

Manowar · 02-11-2004, 09:36 AM

wtf , that sucks

KraZ · 02-11-2004, 09:43 AM

Yep, that's how Bush became a born-again Christian...

Kick Ass Chat · 02-11-2004, 09:45 AM

That's bull crap.........bad bad bad

The Porn Dude · 02-11-2004, 09:59 AM

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body · 02-11-2004, 10:06 AM

read the whole story and can just say WTF !

Angie · 02-11-2004, 10:06 AM

Damn am I glad I don't live there

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Ice Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sunny California Posts: 26,053	Texas woman faces trial for selling sex toys Don't know if this was posted already..but WTF... DALLAS (Reuters) - Joanne Webb is a mother of three, a Baptist, a booster of the town of Burleson, Texas, and a former schoolteacher. She also faces trial for being a smut merchant. Webb, 43, was arrested in November by two undercover police officers for selling sexual toys and charged with violating Texas obscenity laws. She could face up to a year in jail and a fine of $4,000 (2,138 pounds) if convicted. Webb is a representative for Passion Parties, a California company marketing potions, lotions and sexual toys sold at gatherings that mimic Tupperware parties. Women over 18 meet in a private home for what the company calls a "girl's night out of giggles and fun," during which products designed to enhance sex lives are sold. It was not a secret in Burleson, a small town near Fort Worth, that Webb sold vibrators, edible creams and racy lingerie. But not everyone was happy about it. According to reports in the local media, police said a few residents, who they declined to identify, lodged complaints. A few prominent citizens with strong Christian beliefs were angered by Webb and her activities and asked police to investigate, local media reported. Two undercover police officers posed as a couple trying to spice up their love life and Webb sold the woman a vibrator. Webb instructed her on its use and explained how it could enhance lovemaking. That's where she got into trouble. Texas law allows for the sale of sexual toys as long as they are billed as novelties, BeAnn Sisemore, a Fort Worth attorney representing Webb, told the Houston Chronicle before a gag order was issued by the judge presiding over the case. But when a person markets sex toys in a direct manner that shows their actual role in sex, then that person is subject to obscenity charges, she told the newspaper. Webb said she turned to Passion Parties to supplement her family's income when her husband's construction business went into a slump. "For women to become self-confident in their sexuality ... that's what I'm in this for," Webb told the Dallas Morning News before the gag order was imposed. She added that because of her arrest, she has found herself in a role she never imagined -- a public advocate for allowing women and couples to make personal decisions about their sex lives. Full story __________________ icq 1904905

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