Louisiana House Passes Religious Republican’s New Anti-Porn Law

Laurie Schlegel (R-Matairie)
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BATON ROUGE, La. — The Louisiana state house almost unanimously passed new legislation on Monday creating more liability for adult websites, which was introduced by the religious Republican lawmaker behind the state’s controversial age verification law.

The house voted 101-1 to pass House Bill 77, which would “let the state attorney general pursue civil penalties against companies that do not comply with a law that requires pornography websites to verify the age of its users,” the Louisiana Illuminator reported.

Only one Democratic representative voted in opposition, Rep. Mandie Landry (D-New Orleans).

HB 77 was introduced by faith-based therapist and local politician Laurie Schlegel (R-Matairie), the anti-porn activist behind Louisiana’s Act 440, the controversial law that took effect Jan. 1 and requires “age verification for any website that contains 33.3% or more pornographic material.”

Schlegel believes that “pornography is destroying our children and they’re getting unlimited access to it on the internet.”

Opposing Schlegel, Rep. Landry pointed out several obvious problems with Schlegel’s proposal, including…

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