Posted on 04/23/2016 4:30:23 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Now that the 2016 presidential election season is in full swing, which candidate(s) are people in the adult industry supporting?
Every election year is a nail-biter for pornographers, who are wracked with worry over potential persecution from the next presidential administration. Demonizing the porn industry under the guise of protecting the public’s morality is an old politician’s trick. Charge XXX producers with obscenity, collect fines and put a dent in the debauchery.
“Obscene” porn is illegal but not all porn is obscene. Content that was considered extreme 15 years ago might be closer to the norm now. In the late ‘90s it wasn’t acceptable to film sex acts with helplessly bound performers; nowadays, it’s a mainstream concept.
No one wants to go to jail over consensual, legal porn. But it’s happened before.
And in 2016, when the line between kinky fetish and obscenity has become increasingly blurred with respect to different age groups, a progressive administration may be more crucial than ever for the adult industry and consumers—especially at a time when states like Utah have declared porn a public health hazard.
“This election doesn’t matter to me as much as when I had a porn company and could potentially go to prison if the wrong person were elected,” said Tom Byron, AVN and XRCO Hall of Fame recipient.
Byron has been in the porn industry for over three decades, working under five different presidential administrations. Under the Clinton administration, adult companies were able to relax as the DOJ was more focused on prosecuting child pornography than obscenity. That all changed when George W. Bush took office. Bush blamed the Clinton administration for allowing adult films to become more offensive than ever and vowed to put a stop to it....
(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...
Cruz has already let it be known to gay donors that gay marriage wasn’t in his top priorities.
But with Trump it’s all out in the open. We’ll have pervs in our bathrooms and he’s all for it.
I don’t consider toilets a top priority in this election.
At least for President.
Trump said the States can work it out.
Ted will say anything and change positions on a dime to get elected.
LOL
It’s all they have left. Cruz has lost on all the issues, and especially on issues that matter to real people like immigration.
Comstockery is all they have left.
Is the porn industry even a constituency that anyone care about?
Cruz wants to "go into folks bedrooms and dens" which is a place the Feds have no business doing unless actual harm is being done (hint: morality of adults is none of the Fed's business unless the actions result in harm to others) and there are already laws to handle any coercion/trafficking, etc. While it is good to have a person believe in the Bible in charge of things, that person can't use the Bible as a cudgel - else we have a Christian version of Sharia Law.
I'd rather that terrorists and illegals be afraid of our President than the porn industry....
The “porno” opinion....just what I’ve been waiting for...now we can move forward with the election. /sarc
I hear there is secret video of Rafael Cruz on a grassy knoll in Dallas back in the day, wearing only a sunglasses & trench-coat.
Probably wrong, and even if it's right, it's grotesquely out of context.
My recollection of statement is something along the lines of "Unfortunately, the modern role of government is 'If it moves, regulate it; if it doesn't move, tax it'".
Huh.
You’re right, I skipped a step!
““Obscene” porn is illegal but not all porn is obscene. Content that was considered extreme 15 years ago might be closer to the norm now.”
And that’s one of the reasons why porn is so destructive.
Except Ashley Madison.
They were happy to sign him up.
Been on pins and needles until now.
It depends on what the rat looks like. R Cruz has discriminating taste.
Gee, anyone think hildabeast’s hubby knows about perks at Mar-a-Lago through connections with the same people who provided those perks at the casinos in AC? I guess it’s hard to identify a teenage prostitute, eh?
in response to your tagline...
Title:Study: Trump investments underperformed in 2015
“Trump also argued that several of his individual stock picks, like Apple and Goldman Sachs, have done very well for him.
“I hit the market exactly perfectly,” he said.”
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/274178-trump-investments-underperformed-in-2015
Title:Know Who Else Has Received Loans from Citibank and Goldman Sachs? Donald Trump.
“He’s made the nonsensical claim repeatedly that Ted Cruz can’t “protect people” from Citibank or Goldman Sachs or whoever, because he has taken out loans from them or personally guaranteed loans to his campaign from them.”
“As for Goldman Sachs, Trump is himself a shareholder in Goldman Sachs, which means he has a direct financial interest in its success. One would think that would make Trump even less enthusiastic about protecting me from Goldman Sachs (whatever that means) than Cruz would.”
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