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TexasTowelie

(116,795 posts)
Tue May 7, 2019, 04:56 AM May 2019

Senate proclaims pornography a public health crisis

Arizona Senate Republicans voted Monday to denounce pornography as a public health crisis while Democrats argued doing so trivializes crises including measles, homelessness and the opioid epidemic.

HCR 2009, approved by the Senate on a 16-13 vote, asserts that pornography encourages violence against women, leads to infidelity and eating disorders and can be addictive.

Sen. Sylvia Allen, R-Snowflake, said she supported the measure because pornography is an “epidemic.” It indirectly leads to violence against women and children, sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted children, she said.

“Pornography is rampant. It’s all over our phones and our internet,” she said. “The soul of America is sick in many ways, and it starts with what we put into our minds and into our hearts.”

Read more: https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2019/05/06/senate-proclaims-pornography-a-public-health-crisis/

Porn is all over this Snowflake woman's phone and Internet! Extreme caution advised.

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Senate proclaims pornography a public health crisis (Original Post) TexasTowelie May 2019 OP
Republicans are a public health crisis. democratisphere May 2019 #1
This denouncement by Arizona republicans will act NewDayOranges May 2019 #2
Snowflake, AZ -- a Mormon mecca. nt in2herbs May 2019 #3

NewDayOranges

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2. This denouncement by Arizona republicans will act
Tue May 7, 2019, 07:13 AM
May 2019

as a solicitation of donations from the porn industry to Arizona Senate republicans in an effort to get them to shut up about banning porn...

This is one of the ways republicans nation-wide raise funds.

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