After a father’s warning, lawmakers block porn age-check measure
By Jen Schumann | Rocky Mountain Voice
A Mesa County father didn’t show up to talk policy. He showed up to talk about kids.
“My heart breaks for this generation and the technology that they face today,” Mesa County Commissioner Cody Davis told lawmakers, describing a world where explicit material is “one click away” and often discovered long before children understand what they’re seeing.
He talked about foster children, smartphones, and the quiet moments when exposure happens before parents even know it.
“Right now, a 10-year-old boy is quietly absorbing scenes that teach him that women are objects,” Davis said. “Right now, a 12-year-old girl is comparing her natural developing body to the… performer she sees.”
No one in the hearing questioned the problem. Kids are runn...


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