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Nomination of anti-sex toy activist to parole board draws more criticism

Houston Chronicle columnist Lisa Falkenberg says that, with the appointment of anti-sex toy activist Shanda Perkins to the Board of Pardons and Paroles, Governor Rick Perry?s "shameless pandering to the fire-and-brimstone fringes of his party crossed a line into absurdity."After that harsh assessment, though, Falkenberg says only that the Texas Senate should take "a closer look" before rubber stamping Governor Perry's choice.Grits readers will recall that Perkins led an infamous morality crusade in Johnson County against sex toy sales that resulted in Texas' law being declared unconstitutional by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. According to Falkenberg, "Perry?s spokeswoman Allison Castle said the governor has known Perkins for 'many years and believes she?s 'the most qualified candidate...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 26, 2009 (boomark / email).