Mitt Romney and Republicans have recently stated their anti-porn stance and it isn’t sitting well with Steve Hirsh, one of the most powerful players in the adult industry.

Hirsch who is the CEO of porn juggernaut Vivid Entertainment told U.S. Politics Today: “Everyone is against child pornography, so Republicans aren’t saying anything new when they call for strict laws to ensure safety for children on the internet,” Mr. Hirsch noted. “As for the platform’s other reference to pornography, responsible producers of adult entertainment created for and offered to adults already obey ‘current laws on all forms of pornography and obscenity.’

The Republicans put forth there platform this week in Tampa Bay which stated:  “the Internet must be made safe for children” and called on service providers to “ensure that the Internet cannot become a safe haven for predators while respecting First Amendment rights…Current laws on all forms of pornography and obscenity need to be vigorously enforced.”

Hirsch made light of a study by a Harvard researcher Ben Edelman who found that eight of the top ten porn consuming states voted Republican in 2008. Hirsch warns ”conservatives should be careful who they target, since it’s likely to be fellow conservatives.”

Hirsch continues: “Republicans, however, need to catch up with what’s happening in America and the world today.  Books like ’50 Shades of Grey,’ dozens of popular cable TV shows and the web have made the public more comfortable with portrayals of sex than they ever have been before.”

It will be interesting if the Republicans do respond to Hirsch comments.