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TexasTowelie

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Mon Feb 13, 2017, 02:56 PM Feb 2017

Utah lawmakers nix comprehensive sex ed, so porn site steps in

The Utah Legislature recently rejected the idea of adopting a comprehensive sexual education program — instead of the state's existing abstinence-only curriculum — so porn site xHamster has decided to take matters into its own hands.

This week, the website began redirecting web traffic originating from Utah to a non-explicit sub-site featuring sex-ed videos.

"Utahns consume the most porn per capita of any state, but have some of the lowest levels of sexual education," xHamster says in a pop-up to the site. "We're here to change that."

Members of Utah's House Education Committee acknowledged on Monday that the abstinence-based approach currently used in schools is having little effect in lessening rates of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.

Read more: http://www.sltrib.com/home/4928118-155/lawmakers-nix-comprehensive-sex-ed-so

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Utah lawmakers nix comprehensive sex ed, so porn site steps in (Original Post) TexasTowelie Feb 2017 OP
hmmmm, Utah is the online porn capital of the world, I wonder why? still_one Feb 2017 #1
It was a good movie 13 years ago HoneyBadger Feb 2017 #2
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