Utah Coalition Against Pornography holding rally in St. George

ST. GEORGE — The Utah Coalition Against Pornography will hold their second annual “Rally For Hope and Healing” Saturday November 13 beginning 10 am at the Cox Performing Arts Center on the Dixie State University campus.

The rally will last from 10 am to noon and will feature five speakers. Tickets are free for students and ten dollars for non-students. Tickets are available on the utahcoalition.org website. The rally will also be livestreamed for free.

Speakers include Christy Kane, a psychologist speaking on the effects of technology on sexual health; Smith Alley, a teenage advocate against the harmful effects of social media and pornography; Jeff Ford, a marriage and family therapist and Donald Hilton, a neurosurgeon speaking on pornography’s effects on the brain. The final speaker will be a panel of students led by Elder Michael Wilstead, an Area Seventy for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The panel will discuss dating and pornography.

The Utah Coalition Against Pornography is a non-profit whose stated aim is “Empowering individuals, strengthening families, and uniting organizations in the fight against pornography through education and collaboration.” The organization has fought for anti-porn legislation in the past, like Utah’s porn filter law signed in 2021.

The rally is aimed at everyone, according to Don Lyman, a member of UCAP’s board. Lyman said the rally aims to give people information and a sense of hope that they can overcome bad habits.