State Rep. Roy Burrell (D) is standing by his man.

The sponsor of Louisiana's contested video game law refused to be drawn into the nasty fight Jack Thompson picked in recent days with Attorney General Charles Foti (D) and his deputy, Burton Guidry (see yesterday's GP coverage for details).
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Controversial Miami attorney Jack Thompson appears to be burning bridges in Louisiana, the state where he has enjoyed the most success to date in his long-standing crusade against violent video games.

A series of e-mails forwarded to GamePolitics by Thompson detail a rapidly deteriorating relationship with the office of Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti. Foti is a named defendant in ESA/EMA vs. Foti, the video game industry's constitutional challenge to the state's recently-passed video game law.
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Not unexpectedly, Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (D) has signed into law SB340, a bill making it unlawful to distribute sexually-explicit video games to minors.

The bill was proposed by Sen. James David Cain (R), and was passed unanimously by both the Senate and House in Louisiana.

Because the provisions of SB340 essentially duplicate existing obscenity statutes, the video game industry has actively supported the bill.

For more on SB340 see GP's previous coverage of the bill.

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