Penthouse targets Utah for declaring porn a health crisis
SALT LAKE CITY – Utah’s declaration of pornography as a public health crisis has created a backlash from sexually explicit publications, earning Gov. Gary Herbert a mention on the latest cover of Penthouse magazine, which also sent copies of the issue to him and leaders in the Utah-based Mormon church.
The cover of the magazine’s issue for July and August features an image of a model against an American flag along with a sardonic headline teasing the cover story about Utah’s pornography resolution, passed earlier this year.
Penthouse editor Raphie Aronowitz says Utah officials were imposing their values with the resolution and Penthouse wanted to do the same in return.
Herbert’s spokesman Jon Cox says Utah is on the right side of history if a magazine like Penthouse is taking the state to task.
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