Michigan bill seeks total ban on porn - and VPNs along with it

[AJ North]

Schriver is another MAGA White "Christian" Nationalist.

In a December 2023 talk radio interview on WCHY-FM, he said, "At the end of the day, it's God who appoints our elective officials. Honestly, I work for God and not for man. And so I answer to one person, and that's Jesus Christ."

In addition to banning pornography and VPNs, he has called for a ban on hormonal birth control, same-sex marriage and gender-affirming care for adults, as well as promoting the "Great Replacement" conspiracy theory.

He posted a tweet in 2024 calling for same-sex marriage to be banned, writing, "Make gay marriage illegal again. This is not remotely controversial, nor extreme." The following year, he introduced a resolution, co-sponsored by six other Republicans, calling for the Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges; the resolution did not advance in the chamber.

In 2024, Schriver called for a ban on birth control, saying, "If doctors are sworn to do no harm, then lawmakers should look into banning hormonal birth control."

Needless to say, Schriver is also a 2020 election denier. He lauded the Michigan participants in the 2020 Trump fake electors plot as "America's patriots" and called state Attorney General Dana Nessel a "thug" for charging them with forgery.

 

[hahahanoobs]

I'm not completely surprised.

Sex is everywhere. Usually with immaturity behind it. Yuck.

 

[captaincranky]

Schriver is another MAGA White "Christian" Nationalist.

In a December 2023 talk radio interview on WCHY-FM, he said, "At the end of the day, it's God who appoints our elective officials. Honestly, I work for God and not for man. And so I answer to one person, and that's Jesus Christ."

In addition to banning pornography and VPNs, he has called for a ban on hormonal birth control, same-sex marriage and gender-affirming care for adults, as well as promoting the "Great Replacement" conspiracy theory.

He posted a tweet in 2024 calling for same-sex marriage to be banned, writing, "Make gay marriage illegal again. This is not remotely controversial, nor extreme." The following year, he introduced a resolution, co-sponsored by six other Republicans, calling for the Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges; the resolution did not advance in the chamber.

In 2024, Schriver called for a ban on birth control, saying, "If doctors are sworn to do no harm, then lawmakers should look into banning hormonal birth control."

Needless to say, Schriver is also a 2020 election denier. He lauded the Michigan participants in the 2020 Trump fake electors plot as "America's patriots" and called state Attorney General Dana Nessel a "thug" for charging them with forgery.

He sounds like Mike Johnson's identical twin sister.

 

[Inthenstus]

Color me shocked when rape crime increase tenfold in the state.

 

[captaincranky]

I'm not completely surprised.

Sex is everywhere. Usually with immaturity behind it. Yuck.

But then again, if women wait too long their eggs dry up. OTOH, we're at the end of alphabet letters to name the next generation. Maybe we should just go extinct and get it over with.

 

[BogdanR]

There are also so many school shootings in the us, perhaps someone should fix that first?

Republicans will never fix that.

 

[BogdanR]

Yeah, they P&M'd about cancel culture so I guess they decided they need their own "cancel culture."

Why not forbid some books while at it? Perhaps burn them at some point.
They already have experience with tiki torches.

 

[JSabin]

Politicians with too much time on their hands. Feel compelled they must legislate because that's their job. How about looking for ways to downsize government, leave people alone, and find how many old laws can be done away with? Sounds a lot more productive than bullcrap such as this.

 

[MasterAce]

According to a study 75% of married couples are dissatisfied with their sex lives. That’s the reason porn is on track to become 100B$ business.

How might taking it away affect people? Would there be more divorces? More cheating? More children born outside marriage? Would any of that be better for us?

 

[StrikerRocket]

I'm French, so probably seen as a horrible left winger by a lot, but I have to say this: what a wonderful country the USA has become...
I wonder what my friends in california would think of all this if they were still with us... (they passed because of old age, just sayin'...).
All this in the name of Freedom, of course. What a sad state the world is now in... Corruption, bribery, fraud, lies eveywhere, and "normal" people struggling to make ends meet.
Humanity will never learn from the past I'm afraid... :-(

 

[whateversa]

How about this politician moves to Afghanistan or some country that aligns better with his views? They also believe an invisible God decided everything for them.

Also, how about the death penalty rather for child abduction and carrying/trading drugs?

 

[gamerk2]

How exactly can you ban vpns or porn lol good luck with that. brought to you the party of small government and freedom. what a disgrace and joke.

The GOP was only favor of those things because it was politically advantageous to be. Now that their glorious leader is opposed, so are they. The GOP as a whole has basically abandoned it's entire platform in just a handful of months.

 

[dualkelly]

The GOP was only favor of those things because it was politically advantageous to be. Now that their glorious leader is opposed, so are they. The GOP as a whole has basically abandoned it's entire platform in just a handful of months.

We have have just started seeing the start of a new era of McCarthyism or Trumpism with the anti-freedom crowd. I wont be surprised if we see the jailing of media figures on the left pretty soon. I just canceled my Disney plus for their horrid suspension of Kimmel. I also will be canceling my nursing travel contract this week here in the south if they want to be a fascist state so bad then they can do so without skilled labor.

 

[Primey]

Wow, and here I thought the UK was bad....

 

[gamerk2]

We have have just started seeing the start of a new era of McCarthyism or Trumpism with the anti-freedom crowd. I wont be surprised if we see the jailing of media figures on the left pretty soon. I just canceled my Disney plus for their horrid suspension of Kimmel. I also will be canceling my nursing travel contract this week here in the south if they want to be a fascist state so bad then they can do so without skilled labor.

I think a more apt comparison: We're in the Sulla stage of the Roman Republic, specifically his second reign.

 

[Nictron]

What's interesting with all these bills is that governments are using moral consequence arguments to implement tighter control policies. The policy's aim in the end is to oppress freedom of movement, freedom of speech and ringfence citizenry into a control framework.

This is a bipartisan global concern with the erosion of rights via well orchestrated campaigns linking to moral concerns.

Why are they doing this? They have printed a ton of debt & needs to control the populations of the world while they debase & tax people into oblivion, in the process they establish a new oligarchical order & surveillance state with only approved individuals elected to positions of power.

 

[Nictron]

Porn is bad. And when you don't realize that it makes you bad as well. Any attempt to stem the flow of perversion to perverts is a good thing

Not if the goal is the erode rights that are associated with freedom of speech, freedom of association or entrenching more political oversight & power that will be abused int the future.

 

[BogdanR]

I think a more apt comparison: We're in the Sulla stage of the Roman Republic, specifically his second reign.

Actually we don’t need to go that far back, we’re in the last throes of the Weimar Republic. And, by the looks of it, there’s no need for an Enabling Act, as the suspension of due process and free speech are already endorsed by Congress and the Supreme Court. Rights of assembly and protest are on the go as well.
The smell of Germany‘s Spring of 1933 is strong in the air.

 

[wiyosaya]

The love of PORN is strong in these ones

I'm sure you'd like to think that.

 

[wiyosaya]

There are also so many school shootings in the us, perhaps someone should fix that first?

In typical Dunning-Kruger fashion, the political right, in the US, appears to believe thoughts and prayers, after the fact, will fix it.

 

[mgwerner]

"I'm French......What a sad state the world is now in... Corruption, bribery, fraud, lies eveywhere, and "normal" people struggling to make ends meet.
Humanity will never learn from the past I'm afraid... :-("

Sound like you just want to surrender......

 

[wiyosaya]

Some interesting reads on the subject -

Censorship throughout the Centuries | American Libraries Magazine

American Libraries travels through time to outline our country’s history of censorship—and those who have defended the right to read.

americanlibrariesmagazine.org

Comic Book Censorship 1948-1955

The Red Scare led to limits on political speech, but also on pop culture. Comic books were an easy target, but obscenity laws targeted many kinds of media.

firstamendment.mtsu.edu

The Problems with Pornography Regulation: Lessons from History

A growing new anti-pornography movement has arisen in reaction to the ready availability of pornography on the Internet. It seeks stricter legal prohibitions on ¿obscene¿ materials, even when viewed in private homes, and greater enforcement of existing laws. History demonstrates that these...

scholarlycommons.law.emory.edu

 

[wiyosaya]

There are also so many school shootings in the us, perhaps someone should fix that first?

Speaking of which -

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5507549-berwyn-shooting-illinois-middle-school/

 

[Underdog]

In a country where the gun is held in such high esteem, one wonders how they claim to be such righteous Christians.

 

[wiyosaya]

In a country where the gun is held in such high esteem, one wonders how they claim to be such righteous Christians.

As a famous Monty Python episode opined "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition" I have no doubts that they view themselves as "religious warriors" beating back evil where ever they see it Except in their own hearts, of course.