LOS ANGELES — The U.S. porn industry’s movers and shakers accused Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Monday of pandering to conservative voters when he vowed to crack down on their business if elected.
In a statement posted on his website, Santorum said the United States is “suffering a pandemic of harm from pornography,” which he said has been shown to produce brain changes in children and adults, cause the destruction of marriages, and contribute to prostitution and violence against women.
Santorum offered no evidence to back up those assertions. Steven Hirsch, who runs the Vivid Entertainment Group, dismissed them as “ridiculous and just plain wrong.”
“It just feels like another ridiculous attempt by Rick Santorum to appeal to the far right,” said Hirsch, chief executive and co-founder of Vivid, one of the industry leaders in the marketing of sex films, books and other ventures.
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