While serving in the Florida Legislature, U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz opposed a bill meant to stop people from sharing sexually explicit images of their ex-lovers because Gaetz believed that recipients of those images had a right to share them, according to the sponsor of the legislation.
Rep. Matt Gaetz fought anti-revenge porn bill in Florida Legislature because he thought sexual pictures of ex-lovers were his to use as he wanted , lawmaker says
Tom Goodson, Republican representative of the Florida House from 2010 to 2018, said Gaetz was the main opponent to the legislation
Goodson said Gaetz was absolutely against it because he believed intimate photos were the property of the recipient who had a right to share them He thought that any picture was his to use as he wanted to, Goodson said
Gaetz represented Florida s 4th House district in the Florida House of Representatives from 2010 to 2016
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