"Well, in the CA university system, since it's okay for students to make porn and show it on the university TV station, I would assume it's okay to view it in the dorms."
I'm sure it is. Most college students are over the age of 18, have televisions and computers, and are capable of deciding for themselves what they view.
Since pornography, in general, is not illegal, then I can't see how the University could ban it. Given the penchant most young men have for viewing porn, I'd guess that at least half the TVs and computers in the lighted windows of any dorm after about 10PM have porn running.
I would assume that the RA would shut this off if someone came to his/her room with a problem. Any reasonable person would do so. If he/she did not, then there would be a problem there. Forcing another to watch porn when your job is to help them would probably lead to dismissal.
Believe me, RAs get dismissed all the time, and for a lot of reasons. It's a thankless job, and for little compensation.
Ah well, so much is FUBAR that this is but a drop in the tsunami.
And having never attended an institution of higher learning, what an RA's duties, responsibilities and functions may be is known to many on this thread, but not to me.
That said, to have porn viewing by an RA legal, and probably he can invite friends to watch with him, but no voluntary Bible study, smacks of impingement of personal freedom that should not be subject to "he's an employee" rules. I mean, what employee can watch porn legitimately on the job?