Utah state senator Todd Weiler (@goptodd, (801) 538-1035) made his nutjob-religious-grandstander bones by proposing preinstalled mandatory porn-filtering software on all mobile phones, has found a new calling: calling for the revival of the state’s moribund “porn czar” in order to stamp out the scourge of sexy women’s magazines, especially Cosmo.
Weiler’s definition of porn is apparently broad enough to encompass mainstream women’s magazines. Weiler “says he became convinced that the obscenity and pornography complaints office may be needed because of an ad campaign attacking Cosmopolitan magazine as illegal porn,” The Salt Lake Tribune reports.
“I’ve received some complaints…that stores are selling Cosmo at eye level to a child,” he told the Tribune. “There’s no blinder rack on it, even though we have some blinder rack language in the state code.”
Utah May Bring Back Porn Czar to Target ‘Obscenity’ Like Cosmo Magazine
[Elizabeth Nolan Brown/Reason]
Utah Senator Wants To Revive The State’s ‘Porn Czar’ Office To Combat The Threat Of Women’s Magazines
[Timothy Geigner/Techdirt]