Los Angeles County voters have decided that porn companies must start using condoms in all their scenes. The measure, which was on the local ballot in Tuesday's election, passed with 55.9 percent support.
Porn producers are threatening to quit filming in Los Angeles after voters approved a measure requiring adult-movie actors to wear condoms during shoots to protect them from sexually transmitted diseases.
“It doesn’t change anything -- we’ll simply shoot in Hawaii, Mexico or the desert,” Larry Flynt, publisher of Hustler magazine, said in a telephone interview. “We’ll fly to Cabo for a week or 10 days. It’s not a big deal.”
Of course, supporters of the mandate are overjoyed that the measure has passed, saying it will help protect workers in the industry from sexually transmitted diseases.
“This is largest vote ever on the safer sex issue. We expect interest far beyond L.A.,” said Michael Weinstein, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the group that pushed for the measure. He promised that his group would be making sure the law is enforced by health officials.
