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Ohio Evangelical leaders ask state Health Department to declare pornography a public health crisis

by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent

(Worthy News) – Seventy-four evangelical leaders in Ohio submitted a resolution Tuesday, asking the state Board of Public Health to declare pornography a public health crisis, CBN News reports. The document was submitted even as ‘House Resolution 180,’ which declares pornography to be a “public health hazard that leads to a spectrum of individual and societal harms,” is being considered by the Ohio General Assembly.

Explaining the need for such a resolution, Pastor Mark Meyer of Gracepoint Sanctuary, Lexington said in a statement that the legal system does nothing to address the crushing impact of pornography on women and children.

“This resolution by the faith community urges enforcement of obscenity laws and increased regulation of pornography on the Internet at both the state and federal levels in order to protect citizens and minors from such exposure,” Meyer said.

In a statement, resolution signatory Rev. El Akuchie of Godsfield House of Prayer in Mansfield added that pornography is also connected to the plague of human trafficking. “Due to its affiliation to human trafficking, we would like the board to consider making this declaration,” Mansfield said. “Our hope is this resolution will encourage education, prevention, research, and policy changes at the state level to confront pornography’s proliferation on the internet and in society.”

In regard to pornography as a health issue that is within the Board’s remit, the resolution notes that the Ohio department of health and local health departments are tasked with collecting gathering statistics on births, divorces, diseases, and suicides which are “observed to be adversely impacted by the addiction to pornography,” CBN News reports.