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I thought they wanted more babies - guess not
I’ll take Words that Don’t Belong in the Same Headline for $1000, Alex. >

"Six Republican co-authors—delegates Geno Chiarelli, Henry Dillon, Riley Keaton, Jonathan Pinson, Dean Jeffries, and Walter Hall"      
So, do these folk have ownership in adult businesses in neighboring states or online? >

Christo-fascism has entered the chat. >


A bill introduced in West Virginia this week aims to ban adult entertainment businesses from the state.
Six Republican co-authors—delegates Geno Chiarelli, Henry Dillon, Riley Keaton, Jonathan Pinson, Dean Jeffries, and Walter Hall—introduced House Bill 2919 on Monday, which aims create the Sexually Oriented Businesses Regulation Act, which would outlaw "sexually oriented business,” including adult arcades, adult bookstores, adult video stores, cabarets, adult movie theaters, nude model studios, and “sexual encounter centers.”   
“HB 2919 is censorship, plain and simple. ACLU-WV opposes its passage.” Billy Wolfe, communications director at ACLU West Virginia, told Motherboard. “It does not appear to be advancing and we are cautiously optimistic that it will stay that way.”
The language of the bill is both borderline graphic and incredibly vague: it defines the body parts that stores are prohibited from showing in books, live performances, and films with meticulous specificity, including “human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state” even if covered. It measures nudity as “the appearance of a human bare buttock, anus, anal cleft or cleavage, pubic area, male genitals, female genitals or vulva” and seminudity as “the appearance of the female breast below a horizontal line across the top of the areola at its highest point. Sex acts are defined as “fondling or erotic touching” and “normal or perverted, actual or simulated, including intercourse, oral copulation or sodomy.”   
But specific details on which businesses will actually be affected if this bill were to pass into law are left mostly undefined. It would ban “sexual encounter centers,” which its authors define as businesses that offer “wrestling or tumbling between persons of the opposite sex” or any kind of physical contact while semi-nude. Adult bookstores and video stores is fairly self-explanatory, but the bill also states that shops that sell “instruments, devices or paraphernalia” that are designed for sex acts are on the chopping block, as well as any business that happens to sell books or videos that feature fondling, sex acts, and masturbation. Under those terms, a bookstore that sells an age-appropriate book for children about exploring their bodies would be considered an adult business. >

Under their terms, a Christian bookstore would be considered an adult business. >

TF is an anal cleft? >

I had to take an anatomy class and the instructor was uncertain of the proper name for the butt crack. I told her I would find out. Just try to google this! I tried scientific language, anatomy of the pelvis, Gray's Anatomy and such...nothing. I had to wade through six pages of porn to learn that the proper name is the natal cleft. Only a total boob would say anal cleft.
Edit: I once liked an underwear brand called No Nonsense. It fit well so I looked for more. Try googling underwear and no nonsense. Amazon essentials, that's the ticket. >

Engineer at Google looking at why the fuck is natal cleft searches trending. >

WVA has the highest num of strip clubs/population in the US, ahead of both Oregon and Nevada, guess they don't care about Tax revenues. >

How soon can I expect WV to be free of plumber's crack? >

Never. >

Yet these are the same people who voted for the person who said he grabbed women by the genitals and paid off a porn star.
I think these people are seriously confused. >

They believe in a fictional “reality,” so yes. >


Six Republican co-authors—delegates Geno Chiarelli, Henry Dillon, Riley Keaton, Jonathan Pinson, Dean Jeffries, and Walter Hall—introduced House Bill 2919 on Monday, which aims create the Sexually Oriented Businesses Regulation Act, which would outlaw "sexually oriented business,” including adult arcades, adult bookstores, adult video stores, cabarets, adult movie theaters, nude model studios, and “sexual encounter centers.”

I'm sure a sexually repressed populace never experience problems with mental health. But ALCU puts it into perspective:

“HB 2919 is censorship, plain and simple. ACLU-WV opposes its passage.” Billy Wolfe, communications director at ACLU West Virginia, told Motherboard. “It does not appear to be advancing and we are cautiously optimistic that it will stay that way.” >

Why is it that all the sponsors have names that sound suspiciously similar to porn star names? >

At this point it’s just sad how sexually repressed religious people are. They’re taught to hate themselves. >

These people hate themselves so much and are so miserable that they want everyone else to be miserable too. >

I'm surprised to learn West Virginia even has adult businesses.  I know some states like North Carolina still institute Blue Laws. >

We’ve still got various forms of “adult” business here. Though from the article, what they got going on in WV sounds like it might be a little bit spicier. >

let em. less fucking in wv means fewer weat virginians >

Republicans sure do love freedom! >

If something like this reaches the Supreme Court, Clarence Thomas will need to tell the other Justices what all of the smutty words mean. >

How would this survive the first 1A challenge? >

Because the Federalist Society has captured the Supreme Court and all precedents are out the window in favour of Christo-facsist dogma and control >

I understand religious people wanting to ban this, I do not understand the bizarre wording. 
The choice of language makes me question their sanity and mental health to the point that I wonder if such a person is even treatable. >

Seems like a 1st amendment violation. Like they gonna outlaw visiting online porn? What about home video movies significant others might want to make? Regardless on people's opinions on adult oriented businesses, adults should be able to do adult stuff, and it would be a violation of the 1st amendment to ban this stuff. >

Obscene material is not protected speech, and this has broader implications than porn. 
They’re clearly trying to bring back the Miller Test, and the application of “community standards,” which opens the door to the general censorship of any media not approved by the most prudish in your community. 
The Miller test was established in the 1973 Supreme Court ruling in Miller v. California, and sets three criteria for determining if something is obscene.  

(a) whether "the average person, applying contemporary community standards" would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest, (b) whether the work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by the applicable state law, and (c) whether the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.

In the not so distant past, this tended to translate to: Does the local church, uptight judge, cop looking to make an arrest, controlling city council member, or anyone else wanting to harass someone for their sexual interests find the material to be sexually explicit?  As you can see, this idea of “community standards can reach far beyond porn. 
Do you own anime that some octogenarian isn’t going to understand but can misinterpret as being about sex? Own a book that your homophobic uncle has heard may be homoerotic and now he’s angry that you told him off?  Did your ex buy you a sex toy that’s still in your possession and they want revenge for you breaking up with them? Congratulations. You’re now in possession of obscene material and the police have every reason to kick in your door. 
Did you make a video for your own private enjoyment with a significant other? Well now you’ve gone and committed the crime of producing obscene material, and guess what? That will likely land you on the sex offender registry.  Did you shoot said video with your phone, and that’s where it’s currently stored? Well, now they can hit you with intent to distribute because all you have to do is hit send.  You’re looking at hard time, buddy. 
Oh, and now that we have the internet, how do you expect them to enforce these laws when all of this stuff is so easily available? Of course they’re going to need your ISP to provide them with a list of every singe website you’ve visited every month. Or, better yet, they won’t even give you the opportunity to access anything like that. Instead, you’ll get access to your community’s top 20 websites and nothing else for the low, low price of $139/month, because you know, keeping the community safe from depictions of sex is difficult and expensive work. 
I remember when these anti-obscenity laws were being enforced and while I’m exaggerating here to make a point, it is only a slight exaggeration. >

What a bunch of psychos. Priorities….lol >

For people with heads jammed so far up their own asses, you’d think they would know the difference between a butt crack and an anus. >

Party of small government and anti-cancel-culture, everybody. >

"Anal Cleft" sounds like you need surgery immediately. From the available terms, I would have picked "Intergluteal Cleft." Much more clinical and missish. >

There's this thing called the internet