From the Trenches: Criminalizing Elder Sex
Even though the political party, the one that the religious radicals seemed to push for support of its anti-free speech agenda of hassling legitimate adult entertainment, lost the past elections, individual legislators and others continue to beat their drums. Maryland, Massachusetts, Texas, California and others still have politicians who are trying to use legislation to blur the line between church and state. The below is just one recent example.Last week, I was asked by an influential adult news source to comment upon a bill being proposed in a New England legislature to ban the production and distribution of porn involving anyone age 60 or older. Here are the comments I submitted:
“I wonder if prohibiting my right to work based upon age/occupation is Constitutional — is Massachusetts also restricting employment to church ministers, physicians, legislators, politicians, volunteers, public safety folks, etc, who also are over 60?
Let’s face it, this sounds a bit like some right-wing religious radicals might be leaning-on/influencing state law-makers, thus blurring the line between church and state. I understand that many religious people say one thing but still masturbate and otherwise have normal sex, but then needlessly feel guilty and “brown-nose” their God by publicly voicing to restrict others from having normal sex with themselves or other consenting adults; then, the religious folks subsequently have normal sexual fantasies and needs again, and their “sorrow’ over their “sin” starts the cycle all over again, and again.
Pornography is legal; obscenity is not. The legitimate adult industry detests any and all child porn, most of which originates in Eastern Europe/Russia/Asia, NOT in any way in the legitimate American adult film industry — lawmakers and religious radicals should focus upon ridding America of child porn and the makers/consumers of it, not upon the legal adult entertainment industry.
In my 69-year-old opinion, sex between consenting adults or with oneself is a God-given gift to mankind that is natural, normal, and healthy; and by healthy, I mean not only sexually, but also emotionally and physically — sex provides focus, stress relief, increased productivity and a myriad of other beneficial effects for normal humans.
I think and PRAY that religious radicals learn to sexually relax, and to leave the All-American populace alone!”