Kansas prepares to pass bill that could require you to be 18+ to access LGBTQ resources online

In Kansas, some critics questioned whether the measure would violate free speech and press rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment...

But critics of the bill, mostly Democrats, argued that the law could be interpreted broadly enough that LGBTQ+ teenagers could not access information about sexual orientation or gender identity because the legal definition of sexual conduct includes acts of “homosexuality.”

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is this driver's license shit or will the kids just click "yes i'm over 18" like they always have?
- I couldn't find the text of the bill, but from a different story: "The bill would not require a specific method of age verification, only outlining that sites could use any "commercially reasonable method” approved by the Kansas attorney general."
  
  And if you haven't heard of our piece of shit AG: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kris_Kobach "As Secretary of State of Kansas, Kobach implemented some of the strictest voter identification laws in the history of the United States and fought to remove nearly 20,000 registered voters from the state's voter rolls."
  
  lol he can get in the woodchipper along with the people voting for it, but that's probably just gonna be a button like all the porn sites.
  
  Praying for the woodchipper option.
  
  Several states have already passed bills like this and the response of actual porn sites was to just geoblock the whole state. This results in a noticable spike in searches for "VPN" in those states the day the law went into effect. The latest one was Texas.
  
  I forgot Kobach won the AG election
  
  Absolute clown that managed to try (and fail) at attesting that there is widespread voter fraud, then got pantsed by a Dem in the gubernatorial
  
  I would say I'm amazed his political career is still alive, but... gestures broadly

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