An age verification bill in Kansas that is the most extreme in the country has passed both House and Senate and is on its way to the governor’s desk. The bill will make sites with more than 25 percent adult content liable to heavy fines if they don’t verify that visitors are over the age of 18. It also calls being gay “sexual conduct,” which critics say could set up the state for more censorship of LGBT+ citizens.

  • chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    26
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    7 months ago

    Yes, but if you only enforce the rules for “dirty homosexuals”, it effectively is an anti-gay bill. Conservatives have proven time and time again that they’re happy to selectively apply the rule of law in any way that suits them.

    • soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      23
      ·
      edit-2
      7 months ago

      Big “if” in my opinion but I’m not a US citizen so I can’t really say I’m sure about that.

      The bill is a load of shit either way, the world is changing, you can’t shield minors from porn.