No, it’s true – by a small but significant margin, statistics show that “red states” (particularly religious red states, such as the Bible Belt) consume more porn than average, and more than “blue” states.
Eight of the top 10 pornography consuming states gave their electoral votes to John McCain in last year’s presidential election ? Florida and Hawaii were the exceptions. While six out of the lowest 10 favoured Barack Obama.
Hrm. So who exactly is responsible for the “moral degradation of American society”? Liberals?
Residents of 27 states that passed laws banning gay marriages boasted 11% more porn subscribers than states that don’t explicitly restrict gay marriage.
States where a majority of residents agreed with the statement “I have old-fashioned values about family and marriage,” bought 3.6 more subscriptions per thousand people than states where a majority disagreed. A similar difference emerged for the statement “AIDS might be God’s punishment for immoral sexual behaviour.”
Anyway, Utah came in atop the list. Although I have no idea why people in Hawaii would be buying porn.
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