Kansas moves to join Texas and other states in requiring porn sites to verify people's ages
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Kansas is poised to require internet pornography sites to verify that visitors are adults. It would join Texas and a handful of other states despite concerns about privacy and how broadly the law could be applied.

In Kansas, some critics questioned whether the measure would violate free speech and press rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment...

But critics of the bill, mostly Democrats, argued that the law could be interpreted broadly enough that LGBTQ+ teenagers could not access information about sexual orientation or gender identity because the legal definition of sexual conduct includes acts of “homosexuality.”

  • someone [comrade/them, they/them]
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    3 months ago

    But critics of the bill, mostly Democrats, argued that the law could be interpreted broadly enough that LGBTQ+ teenagers could not access information about sexual orientation or gender identity because the legal definition of sexual conduct includes acts of “homosexuality.”

    Are Kansas Democrats really this stupid, or is it part of the good cop/bad cop act? Isn't that the entire point of this bill?

    • Rx_Hawk [he/him]
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      3 months ago

      How are they being stupid for calling it out for what it is?

        • Rx_Hawk [he/him]
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          3 months ago

          I think that could just be the phrasing of the article, most of the local activists I follow are saying its that straight up

          • ComradePupIvy [none/use name, comrade/them]
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            3 months ago

            no they are this stupid. It is not phrasing. In Kansas the minority politicians are afraid to look even the slightest bit combative, or like the Republicans are not acting in good faith.