Got this from Box Turtle Bulletin. Go ahead and read the rest of their post on internet porn usage by state and religiosity. They have lots of charts and pretty maps.
…In the 27 states where “defense of marriage” amendments have been adopted (making same-sex marriage, and/or civil unions unconstitutional), … there were 0.2 more subscribers to this adult web site per thousand broadband households, 11 percent more than in other states.
…In states where more people agree that “Even today miracles are performed by the power of God” and “I never doubt the existence of God,” there are more subscriptions to this service. Subscriptions are also more prevalent in states where more people agree that “I have old-fashioned values about family and marriage” and “AIDS might be God’s punishment for immoral sexual behavior.”
* States where the majority agreed with the statement, “I have old-fashioned values about family and marriage,” bought 3.60 more subscriptions per thousand people than states where a majority disagreed.
* States where the majority agreed with the statement, “AIDS might be God’s punishment for immoral sexual behavior,” bought 3.56 more subscriptions per thousand people.
* States where the majority agreed with the statement, “Even today miracles are performed by the power of God” bought 2.74 more subscriptions per thousand people.
* States where the majority agreed with the statement, “I never doubt the existence of God” also bought 2.74 more subscriptions per thousand people.
Nothing like that old time hypocrisy…


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March 9, 2009 at 9:46 am
scornado
Oddly enough, not surprising.
I work in the hotel industry, and it’s well-known that weeks that have big religioous conferences see a spike in adult movie rentals.
Nothing like repressing others to get you all fired up, I guess.
March 10, 2009 at 1:03 am
idyllicmollusk
You know what *I’d* like to see? The same study, but this time for gay porn. Bet that would be interesting.
August 30, 2010 at 2:33 am
Namaps
Perhaps it just shows that more conservative folks don’t know how to interact with modern technology and therefore miss out on all the free porn the internet has to offer.