SALT LAKE CITY, Utah from www.abc4.com – – Saturday night in downtown Salt Lake City and many people are talking about porn in Utah. David Clark Jr. of Provo said, “I believe that since this is the true church Satan works harder on members.”
Elder Richard G. Scott at General Conference Saturday spoke similar words about pornography. Scott said,” This potent tool of Lucifer degrades the mind and heart and soul of any who use it.”
Some say people in Utah are vieweing porn more than any other state in the country after a study earlier this year by a Harvard economics professor. Professor Benjamin Edelman tracked subscriptions to online porn sites. He discovered that Utah is number one in the nation in online porn.
Karolyn Glass of Boise, Idaho says porn in her family ruined a marriage. Glass said,” People who you think are going to be a husband and wife forever because of a discrepancy like that are not together anymore.”
The Deseret News broke down the study even more. They reported the zip codes that viewed the most porn according to the ratio of internet use and population.
They included 84766 in Sevier County, 84112 in Salt Lake County, which includes part of Salt Lake City, 84018 in Morgan County, 84006 in Salt Lake County including Bingham Canyon and Copperton, and 84536 in San Juan County.
Scott said,” The tragic pattern is so familiar. It begins with curiosity that is fueled by its stimulation and is justified by the false premise that when done privately, it does no harm to anyone else.”