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According to an obscure Texas law, you could.  Originally penned in 1973, the law was written to be intentionally vague.  Lawmakers at the time did not want the law to read as if the state were imposing what parents could teach their children.  The problem is, according to Wynne Shaw, clinical supervisor at the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center, the practice of showing porn to children is often times a grooming practice for pedophiles.  So the question becomes, is that something the state of Texas really wants to encourage?

Texas Lawmakers are currently pushing to have the law rewritten in the near future.

What’s your take on the situation?  Is this simply a common sense law that’s been overlooked, or is there some value to having the law live in its current form?

Original article via Dallas Morning News.