Utah Declares Pornography a Public Health Hazard

Ian Kerner, a nationally known sex therapist who has made numerous appearances on NBC, agreed it's far too easy for children and teenagers to access pornography

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert signed a resolution Tuesday that calls for increased "education, prevention, research, and policy change at the community and societal level" to combat pornography — but sets aside no money for the fight.

The resolution is the brainchild of another Republican politician in Utah, State Sen. Todd Weiler. He had told NBC News that he was not trying to ban pornography, but would like to see default settings on the Internet changed to make access to pornography more difficult.

"If this moral plague could catch our imagination the way a medical epidemic does, we would be calling out every available member of the health care industry," Elder Jeffrey Holland of the the Mormon church-backed Utah Coalition Against Pornography wrote on the group's website last month.

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