Governor of America's porniest state signs nonbinding resolution declaring porn to be bad

While our House and Senate continue to putter around not doing things, in Utah the Republican governor and legislature are hard at work governing and legislating. Among the important things being done: A nonbonding resolution declaring that porn is bad, m'kay?

This resolution declares that pornography is "a public health hazard leading to a broad spectrum of individual and public health impacts and societal harms."

The resolution claims Utah would be the first state in the nation to make such a declaration. [...]

Jon Cox, spokesman for the Republican governor, said the point of the resolution is to raise awareness and education. "We want Utah youths to understand the addictive habits" of porn that are "harmful to our society."

Well there you go, then. Thank goodness a state like Utah finally had the gumption to stand up, in a nonbinding way, and loudly but nonbindingly declare that pornography is not good. This has been a moment two hundred years in the making. Good job, everybody.

Oh, I suppose there's this other little tidbit, which is the part that makes this a wee bit more interesting than it otherwise would be.

In 2009, Harvard Business School study found that residents of Utah were the highest per capita purchasers of online adult entertainment in the United States.

Yep. The good people of Utah consume more porn than anyone else in the country. I guess now we know why it rose to being a legislative event.

Just out of curiosity, I wonder how many legislators voting for that resolution had to click out of their porn windows in order to write their statements of support for the resolution condemning porn. Not suggesting we place bets or anything, but it's gotta be at least one or two, right?