IMBRA makes it a felony for an internet dating company, that primarily focuses on introducing Americans to foreigners, to allow any American to communicate with any person of foreign nationality without first subjecting that American to a criminal background check, a sex offender check and without first having the American certify any previous convictions or arrests, any previous marriages or divorces any children and all states of residence since 18. Match.com is excluded from the law, and the judge found that this exception posed no challenge to the Fifth Amendment equal protection clause because American women are supposedly not abused by American men that they meet on the internet, and thus are not in need of protection.

The law was sponsored by Sen. Sam Brownback, R-KS and Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-WA and was championed by key women’s groups. (Source: US Judge Affirms IMBRA: Americans Must Have Criminal Checks Before Contacting Foreigners on Internet)

Lets start with Brownback is a douche and will hopefully never see the White House unless he is driving by it. Now lets consider enforceability. How is the mighty imperial federal government going to enforce this if I go to www.buyarussianbride.ru? Now lets talk about unintended consequences. How many women will now be stuck living in their primitive shit-hold countries, because American men aren’t going to go through the indignity of a background check just to talk to these people.

Finally, what the fuck happened to Congress shall make no law .. abridging the freedom of speech, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble.