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Utah is a Mormon state: statewide, Mormons account for nearly 62% of Utah's 3.1 million residents [1] and 91 of the 104 state legislators are Mormon [2]. The L
by drusepth 6y ago
Utah is a Mormon state: statewide, Mormons account for nearly 62% of Utah's 3.1 million residents [1] and 91 of the 104 state legislators are Mormon [2].
The LDS teachings are against pornography (comparing it to the plague in the very first line of [3]), and a survey of 192 male Mormon college students aged 18-27 showed 100% of them considered viewing pornography "unacceptable". [4]
That Utah would pass anti-pornography bills isn't surprising, IMO.
[1] https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-utah-salt-lake-mormons-20181215-story.html https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-utah-salt-lak...
[2] https://apnews.com/article/286983987f484cb182fba9334c52a617 https://apnews.com/article/286983987f484cb182fba9334c52a617
[3] https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/prophets-and-apostles/unto-all-the-world/power-to-overcome?lang=eng https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/prophets-and-apostles/un...
[4] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232507019_I_Believe_It_Is_Wrong_But_I_Still_Do_It_A_Comparison_of_Religious_Young_Men_Who_Do_Versus_Do_Not_Use_Pornography https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232507019_I_Believe...