So much for this site being for indie game devs.
Payment processors shouldnt be telling us adults what we can and can't buy with our damn money.
And who the hell knows if they'll start banning and taking down games that are'nt NSFW because they say it's inappropriate for whatever reason?
Theres a bill that's been introduced to Congress called the Fair Access to Banking Act that's meant to restric what payment processors can do, so please call your local senators about this.
It doesn't really matter what secret dark motivations may exist in the writer's head, because the actual words of the law will be interpreted by the courts and not the people who wrote it. The writers of the 14th Amendment of the USA Constitution probably weren't thinking about gay sex at the time, but that didn't prevent the outcome of Lawrence v. Texas.
Not to mention that changes to a bill can happen down the line as it's being voted on. Bills being voted on aren't written in stone and given the people cosponsoring the bill I would say that, if not watched closely, they may just add whatever exceptions they want into it. Just because a bill says something now doesn't mean it will stay that way. It can drastically change during the process of putting them out if it even gets out.
Not necessarily. There are two approaches courts take to interpretation: following “the letter of the law” and following the intent of the law.
When a law’s meaning is ambiguous, US judges tend to favor their understanding of what it should be. That means either the the judge’s opinion or a statement of legislators’ intent— like that expressed in the GOP’s horrendous Project 2025— is used for the ruling.
We can see examples of this in recent Supreme Court statements.
With what has happened to the judicial and executive branches of the federal governmemt and various parts of state governments, any Republican-led bill should not be accepted at face value.
The party’s motives matter for federal legislation.
There is nothing wrong with giving an air of caution when it comes to bills especially ones propped up by those that are anti-LGBT and are known for adding things later into bills as they are being passed down and voted on. Lest we forget when complete banning of all trans people transitioning was put into and then taken out of the BB Bill. A lot of the people sponsoring the bill are the same people that looked for that to happen.
I am asking to watch closely and not blindly follow. They may just add that adult content can be an exception or anything else down the line. They are politicians and they are certainly not fighting for us.
I said to be cautious and watch the bill. I'm not sure where you keep thinking I'm saying absolute no to this. Politics are tricky as we have seen many times before where bills in their infancy start out as one thing and get absolutely changed at the end either for better or worse.
Some people do not know or understand the workings of how bills are passed and changed and thus I am speaking out to say this to those who may not understand.
I will say again that the BB Bill did not originally have the banning of all trans adults transitioning, then it was added, and then it was taken out after backlash when people noticed it. You should watch, be cautious, and not blindly go into bills with all this given.
{Purpose:} ensure that persons involved in politically unpopular businesses but that are lawful under Federal law receive fair access to financial services under the law;
A person is defined in the bill as “any natural person; or any partnership, corporation, or other business or legal entity; and includes a customer.”
S. 401’s co-signers are all registered as Republicans. This is not a bipartisan bill. That’s apparently because it’s meant as protection for unpopular political funds and for politicians’ businesses, including The Trump Organization banned in New York (the country’s economic headquarters) because of felony fraud convinctions.
The plan is that payments to adult content creators not associated with these businesses or to everyone else targeted in by the GOP won’t be protected by this bill when made federally illegal as “pornographic” and “obscene”.
We need bipartisan legislation that specifically protects the banking services for creators.
