Republican platform labels pornography ‘a public health crisis’
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/republican-platform-labels-pornography-public-health-crisisAnd at the time, much of the country had a good laugh about this, recognizing that Utah is one of the nation’s most conservative states, more likely than most to overreact to a pornography “crisis” that doesn’t really exist. But as Yahoo News reported yesterday, Republicans in Utah evidently aren’t alone on the issue...
The new amendment, which will be added to the national party’s 2016 platform, reads, “Pornography, with his harmful effects, especially on children, has become a public health crisis that is destroying the life [sic] of millions. We encourage states to continue to fight this public menace and pledge our commitment to children’s safety and wellbeing.”
Now take a moment to read that exact same quote, only this time, replace “pornography” with “gun violence.” The national Republican Party’s platform committee unanimously approved the porn measure yesterday; is there any doubt it would have unanimously rejected the same language if it pertained to guns?
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- they would participate in efforts to normalize sex/sexuality in American society
- they would propose, support, and pass legislation that would provide students with sex education about both male and female sexuality and would encourage students to be safe, responsible, and consensual in their sexual practices
- they would propose, support, and pass legislation that would give the actors/actresses working in porn more protection from exploitation and abuse
- they would propose, support, and pass legislation that would significantly increase the range of economic opportunities and choices for the young women who disproportionately work in porn
and last but not least:
- they wouldn't shame the people who work in porn (particularly women, because let's be honest, women bear almost all of the societal shame for working in porn).
Of course, Republicans have no intentions of doing any of these things; on the contrary, they have consistently done the exact opposite. Go figure. 
