As FR poster Scoutmaster mentioned last Sunday:
Utah leads the nation in # of porn subscriptions per capita, porn consumption among the general internet user population and dial-up users. Source 1, and Red Light States: Who Buys Online Adult Entertainment?, Benjamin Edelman (Journal of Economic Perspectives—Volume 23, Number 1—Winter 2009—Pages 209–220). Utah also lead the nation in porn busts. FBI in Utah Lead Nation in Porn Busts.
Scoutmaster posted this: New Romney Ad Embraces Mormonism
Grand Rapids ranked 10th? That one is tough for me to believe unless they include nearby areas like Saugatuck, the Ferndale of West Michigan.
No surprises there— and now they hope to put either MittyBoy or Huntsman— or even Ron Paul in the WhiteHouse to advance the Sodomization of America.
Colofornian, I believe the context in which I thought I was making that post is relevant. There had been discussion about the difference between practices by individuals and public statements and teachings by the LDS church (this is going to exist in all churches; an issue was whether is was more prevalent in this case and I had not not expressed an opinion).
A poster stated "the [LDS] church also opposes [correctly, of course] pornography in any form." In response I noted the studies regarding porn usage and porn busts in Utah.
There's nothing in the studies saying that all of those porn users are LDS. According to the mormon.wiki, Utah is 72% Mormon. Perhaps the remaining 28% are doubling down on the porn because it's not otherwise available to them in Utah (although with free porn available, I don't understand the number of paid porn subscriptions in Utah, whether it's gays, Methodists, agnostics, Jack Mormons, BIC TBM Mormons, or . . . whether stays in Marriotts count).
I will note that the church didn't oppose porn in any form when in-room porn became a large revenue-producing part of the Marriott chain (over $160 per room, per year).
In 2001, Mitt Romney stepped down from the Marriott Board of Directors over the in-room porn issue, after serving for ten years, when running for Governor of Massachusetts.
He later rejoined the board.
Earlier this year, Mitt Romney stepped down from the Marriott Board again.
Marriott also announced this year that it's phasing out in-room porn. Perhaps because it is no longer moral. Or because Mitt Romney is running for President (Story: Another step toward Romney 2012: Marriott bans porn. (Or The Economist's Story: Marriott, Mitt Romney, and porn. Or because it's no longer such a profit machine.
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