[wideawake]

Perhaps because trafficking in human flesh is bad policy as well as immoral.

[taxed2death]

Man has always paid for sex. One way or another.

[edcoil]

Actually we are asking why the list was not published with the rest of the names.

[panaxanax]

Taxes.

The government is worried about getting their “cut”. If health were an issue, cigarettes and booze would be outlawed.

[Dr. Thorne]

It is illegal to pay for sex because our very existence as a nation relies on the Judeo-Christian values that formed us. Using the letter of the Constitution to legalize destructive, immoral activities is suicide and worthy of the Clintons, Reids and Pelosis of this world. The men who wrote that Constitution would never allow legalized prostitution, but the Libertarians don’t care about that truth or the outcome of such an action, preferring the purity of their philosophy over the death and destruction it surely brings.

[OB1kNOb]

I thought politicians and prostitutes were one and the same. I’ve been paying the government for years and getting screwed royally for it.

[Phantom Lord]

Prostitution is nothing more than sex and commerce.

To those opposed to prostitution, which of those are you opposed to?

[JamesP81]

Prostitutes and Politics Why is it still illegal to pay for sex?

Because the pols can't think of a good way to regulate and tax it and still keep the prices of the "services" high enough to make it worthwhile, just to be blunt. The govt no longer has any interest in the moral aspects of it...

[1Old Pro]

I thought women had control over their bodies?

If they can kill a human being in their womb it surely seems like they should be able to charge for sex.

[ClearCase_guy]

Top issues for Libertarians:

1) Surrendering to al-Quaeda
2) Opening our national borders to everyone.
3) Legalizing drugs.
4) Legalizing prostitution.

It's just hard to take the Libertarians seriously.

[Don Corleone]

No sales our “use” tax? /sarc

[Star Traveler]

Ummm..., I give up, why? (as if anyone had to ask the question). The first time someone started listening to “innocent questions” about something, it got the entire human race in trouble...

In the first book of the Bible, Genesis, we’re told about that question —

Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?” [Genesis 3:1]

And from that one little question, the entire human race went downhill from there. That one little question wreaked havoc upon the human race.

—

And so, once again, we have a “little simple question” here.... don’t we? And when people decide that they don’t see it the way God sees it, *havoc* ensues... And so it goes...

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But, as a side note — perhaps that hasn’t been allowed for another reason (for those who don’t want to listen to God anyway). Maybe it’s because — then — women would be making more money than men....

[lesser_satan]

bump

[i_dont_chat]

Prostition is not illegal in all states.

[JamesP81]

ping

[GovernmentIsTheProblem]

Legal to give away... illegal to sell.

How ridiculous.

[SteveMcKing]

Same exact reason that assisting suicide is a crime.

[trisham]

The liberal agenda is alive and well. Prostitution is morally wrong and should be illegal.

[NoBullZone]

The author states: “It’s hard to see who benefited from the fact that the authorities in Maryland spent a lot of taxpayer money to investigate and prosecute a woman for discreet and private sexual encounters with men”

No it isn’t if the author had done some research. Since I live in MD, I heard a lot about this case. The people who benefitted were her neighbors, whose complaints sparked the investigation. She was operating in a family-oriented community with men coming and going at all hours. I have no particular complaint about legalizing prostitution, but it should be regulated in such a way that it doesn’t create a public nuisance; call it a zoning matter if you like, but I dont think families trying to raise children should have to be exposed to it.

[twonie]

Why should it be a criminal case? Because this behavior - by both parties concerned here - rends the fabric of society. Commandments dealing with this are not in the Bible on a whim of God or by chance.