Dan Savage

As Andrew Ivine pointed out on Mashable, Project 2025, the conservative policy wish list for Trump's second term, calls for exactly what Deaver's bill proposes, quote, a ban on pornography and the imprisonment of its creators. So while I would bet against this bill becoming law, I wouldn't bet a lot of money. And I think a law like it is bound to pass at some point and soon.

As Andrew Ivine pointed out on Mashable, Project 2025, the conservative policy wish list for Trump's second term, calls for exactly what Deaver's bill proposes, quote, a ban on pornography and the imprisonment of its creators. So while I would bet against this bill becoming law, I wouldn't bet a lot of money. And I think a law like it is bound to pass at some point and soon.

Speaking of laws I oppose and porn, last week the Supreme Court heard arguments in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, which is a challenge to a Texas state law requiring porn websites to verify the ages of people who log on to get off. More than a dozen states have passed age verification laws and Pornhub has blocked people in most of those states from accessing their sites.

Speaking of laws I oppose and porn, last week the Supreme Court heard arguments in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, which is a challenge to a Texas state law requiring porn websites to verify the ages of people who log on to get off. More than a dozen states have passed age verification laws and Pornhub has blocked people in most of those states from accessing their sites.

David French, he's an opinion columnist for the New York Times, the left's favorite right-wing evangelical Christian, argues that these age verification laws are a good thing. At first glance, the law is simple common sense. As Texas noted, all 50 states bar minors from purchasing pornography. French wrote in a column titled, Texas has a point about online pornography.

David French, he's an opinion columnist for the New York Times, the left's favorite right-wing evangelical Christian, argues that these age verification laws are a good thing. At first glance, the law is simple common sense. As Texas noted, all 50 states bar minors from purchasing pornography. French wrote in a column titled, Texas has a point about online pornography.

Back to French, offline identification requirements are common. Showing a driver's license to enter a strip club is routine. I'm old enough to remember when it wasn't a pot shop on the corner I might have walked to, but a porn shop. And yeah, you had to show ID to enter. Whenever age verification laws like this come up, I find myself feeling torn. My mind goes to Billie Eilish.

Back to French, offline identification requirements are common. Showing a driver's license to enter a strip club is routine. I'm old enough to remember when it wasn't a pot shop on the corner I might have walked to, but a porn shop. And yeah, you had to show ID to enter. Whenever age verification laws like this come up, I find myself feeling torn. My mind goes to Billie Eilish.

who encountered, as they say, encountered hardcore porn when she was only 11 years old. And it negatively shaped her expectations about sex and resulted in her having some really miserably bad first sexual experiences. I wish Eilish hadn't encountered the porn that she did when she did.

who encountered, as they say, encountered hardcore porn when she was only 11 years old. And it negatively shaped her expectations about sex and resulted in her having some really miserably bad first sexual experiences. I wish Eilish hadn't encountered the porn that she did when she did.

And maybe effective age verification systems, not statutes, not state laws, but systems would have protected her. I think about some of the porn I've seen, and yeah, I don't want 11-year-old kids to see some of the porn I've seen. I wouldn't have been ready to see that at 11.

And maybe effective age verification systems, not statutes, not state laws, but systems would have protected her. I think about some of the porn I've seen, and yeah, I don't want 11-year-old kids to see some of the porn I've seen. I wouldn't have been ready to see that at 11.

that age verification laws in Texas and other states are a lot like proposed laws criminalizing porn in Oklahoma and other states, dangerously broad. As the Electronic Frontier Foundation pointed out about the law in Texas and others, the laws claim to target pornographic materials, but wind up targeting by design LGBT content, pornographic or not, and mostly not.

that age verification laws in Texas and other states are a lot like proposed laws criminalizing porn in Oklahoma and other states, dangerously broad. As the Electronic Frontier Foundation pointed out about the law in Texas and others, the laws claim to target pornographic materials, but wind up targeting by design LGBT content, pornographic or not, and mostly not.

We live in a culture where no one believes that acknowledging the existence of heterosexuals – straight people, straight marriages, straight kids, straight romance – means you're explicitly talking about the mechanics of heterosexual sex. Because we all, all of us, understand that heterosexuality is about more than sex.

We live in a culture where no one believes that acknowledging the existence of heterosexuals – straight people, straight marriages, straight kids, straight romance – means you're explicitly talking about the mechanics of heterosexual sex. Because we all, all of us, understand that heterosexuality is about more than sex.

But a great many Americans, often elected officials, believe that acknowledging the existence of gay people – gay marriage, gay sex, gay kids, gay romance – amounts to talking explicitly about anal sex.

But a great many Americans, often elected officials, believe that acknowledging the existence of gay people – gay marriage, gay sex, gay kids, gay romance – amounts to talking explicitly about anal sex.

I'm hoping the Supreme Court strikes these laws down in their current iterations as they're too vague and leave too much discretion to prosecutors and have resulted in self-censorship by media companies, particularly, again, of LGBT content. This hope that we will get a reasonable ruling on these laws out of this particular Supreme Court

I'm hoping the Supreme Court strikes these laws down in their current iterations as they're too vague and leave too much discretion to prosecutors and have resulted in self-censorship by media companies, particularly, again, of LGBT content. This hope that we will get a reasonable ruling on these laws out of this particular Supreme Court