Jun 13, 2018 / 02:09 am
While the nation's largest beauty pageant is proudly covering up in the name of women's empowerment, Americans increasingly believe pornography to be morally acceptable - a trend that one commenter finds to be incoherent.
"On one hand, it seems like the media wants to say 'yes, you shouldn't treat people just according to their bodies', and on the other hand, they seem to be saying 'it's actually a very liberating thing if you want it to be a liberating thing'," said Matt Fradd, a Catholic apologist, speaker and author whose work focuses largely on the consequences of pornography.
A Gallup poll released on June 5 found that 43 percent of Americans find pornography to be "morally acceptable." This is a 7 percent increase in the past year - more than the cumulative increase over the previous seven years combined.
The poll was published on the same day that Miss America Organization Board of Trustees announced its termination of the swimsuit competition portion of the pageant. Instead of the swimsuit competition, women will have the opportunity to verbally highlight their strengths and passions in conversation with judges.