AUSTIN, Texas AP — Defending a Texas state law banning the sale of sex toys, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz argued in a court brief that individuals have no legal right to use them, even in the privacy of their own bedrooms. Prior to becoming a U. He often cites that experience to burnish his credentials as a Christian conservative. The story was first reported by Mother Jones magazine. Joanne Webb, a year-old mother of three and former fifth-grade teacher, was arrested in after selling a sex toy to an undercover police officer during a gathering of adult couples similar to a Tupperware party held at a home in a Fort Worth suburb. A three-judge panel of the U.