Los Angeles County initiative to prohibit filming bareback porn

[NiceHard1]

The city of Los Angeles has already approved an ordinance to require use of condoms in films produced within the city limits. In November, voters will be able to decide to extend the ban on bareback porn production across the entire county. Neighboring Simi County is preparing to write a similar measure, out of fear that if the initiative passes in LA, both gay and straight porn production will move to their county. So as you can see, this could be the start of something which could quickly spread across the entire state of California, which is our primary porn producing state.

Are there any activists out there willing to take a stand. It is undferstandably challenging to take a stand on this to appear to support the porn industry or what others may feel is proper. My recommendation for those willing to talk about this with their friends in southern California would be to identify this as a freedom of speech, first amendment infringement. I would even attempt to gain the support of people who may believe in condom use, but who may be able to understand the position that government should not infringe on our rights to make our own choices.

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Pornography-County-Mandatory-Condoms-Use-Porn-146151495.html

Edited August 26, 2012 by NiceHard1

[kinkygradstudent]

The city of Los Angeles has already approved an ordinance to require use of condoms in films produced within the city limits. In November, voters will be able to decide to extend the ban on bareback porn production across the entire county. Neighboring Simi County is preparing to write a similar measure, out of fear that if the initiative passes in LA, both gay and straight porn production will move to their county. So as you can see, this could be the start of something which could quickly spread across the entire state of California, which is our primary porn producing state.

Are there any activists out there willing to take a stand. It is undferstandably challenging to take a stand on this to appear to support the porn industry or what others may feel is proper. My recommendation for those willing to talk about this with their friends in southern California would be to identify this as a freedom of speech, first amendment infringement. I would even attempt to gain the support of people who may believe in condom use, but who may be able to understand the position that government should not infringe on our rights to make our own choices.

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Pornography-County-Mandatory-Condoms-Use-Porn-146151495.html

As much as I like this kind of porn, I can kind of see this sort of regulation making sense from an occupational safety point of view. The free speech claim might make more sense if it was the "distribution" of the material being banned. The issue as I see it here, though, is more about on-the-job safety.

Would be interested to know if they are also requiring condoms for sex workers...

[einathens]

lawrence o'donnel did a really funny piece on this months ago when the subject forst came up, about how republicans have to be in favor of bareback porn.

are they gonna prosecute amateur clips posted online? and the first amendment issue, i believe, is that the documentation of legal acts cannot be made illegal.

the challenges will be plentiful, and they will prevail.

[dominic89]

that the documentation of legal acts cannot be made illegal.

I don't really post here but this is an interesting topic of discussion. That argument doesn't hold water because shooting porn without making pornography is illegal, it's prostitution. You are paying people for sex which is illegal in CA. This makes it quite clear that porn isn't just sex as far as the law is concerned so this is a simple work-place regulation. You can put up shelves without a hard-hat but you can't employ someone to do it without one.

Furthermore many states set the age of consent below 18, but documenting this is totally illegal. I don't mean to compare bareback to child pornography but it's a simple example.

[buzztham]

I can see both sides of this but if we start letting the government make choices for us we are going to slowly lose more of are rights

[gaynudist61]

Bareback porn should be legal