State Rep. Josh Schriver Called Queers Perverts. Guess Who Had The Fling Account?
Michigan Republican's call to ban online porn comes as data breach links him to explicit dating website
According to records obtained by Metro Times, State Rep. Josh Schriver (R-Oxford) — the same lawmaker who introduced legislation in September to ban all online pornography statewide and who has compared porn to heroin — appears to have maintained an account on Fling.com, a pornographic dating site that promised users they could "find sex" and "get laid tonight."
It's almost disappointing how predictable this whole delicious new development has turned out to be. Can we not get a principled anti-LGBTQ+ conservative out here? Do we not even deserve that dignity?
Alas, we're stuck on repeat, dragging out the same tired tape we've been playing for decades. You know this one: Angry right-wing bigot lashes out at the queer community — or as Schriver says "gays, queers, transsexuals, polygamists and other perverts" — who are advancing "attacks on our children." Only to find out this principled, pearl-clutching conservative is actually into some kinky stuff.
Allegedly.
The data breach records, verified by multiple cybersecurity databases, show an account linked to Schriver's personal AOL email address. The profile indicated sexual interests including "fetish" and "groupsex," with the account last accessed on Sept. 11, 2010. Metro Times reports that it independently reviewed the leaked data using multiple publicly available cybersecurity databases. The Fling.com breach was confirmed by Vice News in 2016 when millions of user accounts were hacked and sold on the dark web.
For years, Fling.com described itself as the "world's best casual personals for adult dating, sex, and swingers," providing access to explicit photos, videos and live sex webcams. Schriver told Metro Times the records were "forged" and claimed he'd never heard of the website.
If true, the revelation is particularly ironic given Schriver's lengthy record of moralizing about sexual behavior. In December 2024, he called oral sex "a crime against God and the natural order."
"The mouth and anus are not reproductive organs," Schriver wrote on Facebook. "The sin releases plagues of disease, promiscuity and perversion in our local communities. Repent, yield to Christ, be fruitful and multiply!"
That same month, Schriver wrote on X, "Make gay marriage illegal again." In January, he introduced a resolution urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. The stunt backfired spectacularly when State Sen. Jeremy Moss (D-Southfield) confronted him during a sparsely attended press conference, calling the effort "buffoonish."
Undeterred, Schriver introduced House Bill 4751 in July, which would strip sexual orientation and gender identity protections from Michigan's Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act — a direct assault on protections that were hard-won just two years ago.
Schriver's September pornography legislation, House Bill 4938, goes far beyond traditional obscenity laws or age verification requirements. The so-called "Anticorruption of Public Morals Act" would ban all online pornography for Michigan residents of any age while specifically targeting transgender representation.
The bill would criminalize any material "that includes a disconnection between biology and gender" — essentially making it illegal to depict or represent transgender people online.
"Don't make it, don't share it, don't view it," Schriver posted on social media, calling for pornography distributors to be added to the sex offender registry. He's also compared pornography to heroin.
The legislation would impose felony penalties of up to 25 years in prison and fines of $125,000. Schriver has also voted against bills banning child marriage and closing Michigan's marital rape loophole.
The pattern is exhaustingly familiar: conservative lawmakers who build their brands on moral outrage against marginalized communities are revealed to be practicing the behaviors they claim to abhor. Yet Schriver's case stands out for its sheer audacity — a lawmaker who has made targeting LGBTQ+ people and sexual content his entire political identity, allegedly participating in an explicit hook-up site complete with preferences for fetishes and group sex.
While Schriver's discriminatory legislation is virtually dead on arrival thanks to the Democratic-controlled state Senate and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, these bills serve as reminders to stay vigilant. At least he's consistent in his commitment to being consistently awful. And now, consistently hypocritical.
Allegedly.
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