Utah’s governor signs resolution calling porn a ‘health hazard’
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Utah Governor Gary R. Herbert signing the resolution.
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On Tuesday April 19, Utah Governor Gary R. Herbert signed a resolution that declares porn a "public health hazard," CNN reports
.
More specifically, the S. If you have any queries relating to in which and how to use xxx porn videos, you can call us at our own web site. C.R. 9 concurrent resolution on the public health crises
says porn is a
"a public health hazard leading to a broad spectrum of individual and public health impacts and societal harms."
While the resolution does not specifically ban pornography in the state of Utah (and can't actually punish anyone who watches it), it does have some harsh words for the industry, saying that porn shows "women as objects and commodities for the viewer�s use" and that it "equates violence toward women and children with sex and pain with pleasure."
It also states that pornography is "potentially biologically addictive" and "is linked to lessening desire in young men to marry, dissatisfaction in marriage, and infidelity."
In other words, not only is xxx porn videos addictive and misogynistic, according to this resolution, but it could be hurting the institution of marriage.
CNN points out the Utah Coalition Against Pornography-
a non-profit Mormon church-backed group-
was supportive of the news.
"
Join us and Governor Herbert as he signs the first resolution in the country declaring pornography a public healthy crisis," the group wrote on its Facebook page
. "It will be a time to celebrate and recognize this historic moment!"
While Utah is the home base for the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints - and it's one of the most conservative states in the US - a 2009 Harvard study
about conservative states and the porn xxx porn videos industry found that Utah's residents were the nation's top subscribers to online adult entertainment services.
The resolution was sponsored by state senator Todd Weiler.
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In addition to disparaging the xxx porn videos industry, the Utah resolution -
which was sponsored by state senator Todd Weiler - also calls for an increase in
"education, prevention, research, and policy change at the community and societal level" to fight pornography, which is an "
epidemic that is harming the people of our state and nation."
"I am not trying to ban pornography," Weiler previously told NBC News
about the resolution. "What I am saying is we have taken steps to protect people from tobacco, but we haven't done that for pornography."
Recent research goes against Weiler�s claims, suggesting that pornography may actually make some people less likely to commit sexual crimes, and that moderate pornography consumption, "does not make users more aggressive, promote sexism or harm relationships," according to Scientific American
.
Weiler�s resolution is not the only porn-related law
to capture headlines in recent years.
In 2012, Los Angeles County approved xxx porn videos a ballot measure that requires adult actors
to wear condoms on-camera - causing a mass exodus from San Fernando Valley. The number of adult video permits filed in the county sunk 90%
that year, and many employees fled to Las Vegas, Nevada, where a restriction has yet to be passed
.
Governor Herbert will also sign a bill on Tuesday requiring computer technicians who find child porn during their work to report it to law enforcement or else face up to six months in prison
.
