CA Judges Standing Firm on Condoms in Porn
Judges in California continue to surprise observers nationwide by repeatedly making rational decisions. At least, rational decisions about the adult film industry in the state. Over the last three months, Los Angeles County judges repeated denied petitions to force porn production companies to use condoms in all of their films.
As I wrote back in December not only is this mandate constitutionally questionable (hello, free speech issues), but it will not work and the end result will be the film industry continuing its exodus from CA to states with more loose regulations, such as Nevada.
The group pushing for the state-wide mandate is the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which has a long standing history with the gay community. As I wrote in the LA Times, it is particularly surprising that the group pushing for regulation of sexual activities is an organization deeply familiar with the problems associated with government’s involvement in sexuality.
Let’s just hope that California judges continue to think with the heads and deny this mandate.
