In a crucial victory for public health, California
commerce and the porn industry, Golden
State voters soundly
rejected Proposition 60, the mandatory condom law espoused by AIDS Healthcare
Foundation boss Michael Weinstein.
This triumph would not have been possible without tremendous
contributions from the entire porn industry. The Free Speech Coalition and FSC
leader Eric Paul Leue organized this effort; companies including Vivid, Adam
& Eve and Evil Angel made financial contributions. A host of porn
performers drove the movement, led by Adult Performer Advocacy Committee (APAC)
President Ella Darling, APAC Chairwoman Chanel Preston and superstar Julia Ann.
Porn star volunteers raised funds and made appearances to spread awareness of
the cause; some, like Tasha Reign, donated their own money. And porn stars
engaged voters with a vibrant social media campaign.
“Perhaps now, the non-profit AIDS Healthcare Foundation will
stop illegally wasting their donors’ dollars on political fights and spend them
on programs that benefit the sick and needy,” said Evil Angel founder John
Stagliano.
Media as diverse as the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco
Chronicle, San Diego Union-Tribune, Orange County Register, Sacramento Bee,
Fresno Bee and San Jose Mercury News all opposed Prop. 60, as did BOTH the
California Democratic Party and the California Republican Party. They and the
porn industry got the message to voters.
The poorly drafted Prop. 60, theoretically designed to
protect porn talent, would in fact have made California ’s adult performers far less safe,
and the proposition’s draconian measures would have forced the multi-billion
dollar industry out of state. The worst thing about Prop. 60 was that it would
have replaced existing, effective STD testing standards with less effective
tests conducted less often.
Thanks to California
voters and the activists that engaged them, porn producers and wage earners are
no longer threatened with unsafe standards or the loss of their livelihood.
SOUCE: BSG PR
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