Rightwing launches disgusting attack on “pedophile” gay lawmaker over equality legislation

California State Senator Scott Wiener speaks on the steps of San Francisco City Hall for a “Families Belong Together” rally.
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A gay lawmaker in California has been targeted by rightwing media as part of what they believe is a pedophile conspiracy because he introduced a bill to treat LGBTQ sex offenders the same as straight sex offenders. He is now receiving “thousands” of homophobic and anti-semitic messages.

Currently, judges in California can exercise discretion in statutory rape cases that involve a defendant and a victim of similar ages – like if a 19-year-old and a 17-year-old have sex – and keep the defendant off the state’s sex offender registry. The law doesn’t tell judges how to use that discretion, it simply gives them a choice.

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But the law only applies to penetrative vaginal sex, not anal or oral or other sexual contact. This means that judges don’t have the same discretion for cases involving same-sex sexual encounters.

California Rep. Scott Wiener (D) introduced legislation that would give judges that discretion, making the law for straight people and LGBTQ people equal.

But rightwing blogs have been using the bill as an example of part of the QAnon conspiracy, which is the idea that there are people in the “deep state” – government officials, Democratic politicians, and also liberal Hollywood stars – who are trying to end Donald Trump’s presidency because he…

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