The bill would make sites with more than 25 percent adult content liable to fines, and lumps homosexuality into "sexual conduct."

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
    261·
    9 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
      223·
      9 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.

      • ysjet@lemmy.worldEnglish
        13·
        9 months ago

        It’s not an ‘if’, it’s an absolute guarentee. This isn’t a new play, this has been their gameplan every single time they do these sort of things.

        • soggy_kitty
          64·
          9 months ago

          So according to the comments here, the entire American judicial system is homophobic.

          I’m glad I’m not American, how awful.

          • ysjet@lemmy.worldEnglish
            9·
            9 months ago

            yes, it’s a known problem that one party has managed to ‘stack’ the entire judicial system with their judges.