“Perhaps because trafficking in human flesh is bad policy as well as immoral.”
Trafficing in human flesh? Is it trafficing in Human flesh when guy and gal meet in a bar, he buys her drinks, they agree to go to his or hers for the night to have sex? Is that illegal? And if you want to raise the moral issue, lets talk about King David, or King Solomon for starters.
It is time to get religion out of politics and out of the legal system. Religion is man-made and is composed of dos and don’ts for purposes of controlling people. Jesus said that Love is the Law:
1. Love the Lord your God with all your heart.
2. Love your neighbor as you love yourself.
Morality is an individual thing, and we each one of us have to answer to God for what we individually do. I do not have to answer for what you do.
I, by the way, do not claim to be “Religious” - Religion is not what God wants. He wants Spiritual people, followers of Jesus Christ, followers who are guided by the Holy Spirit. All systems of men will end, both political and religious systems. Jesus demonstrated anger and harsh words for the Scribes and Pharisees of his day - they represented a man-made Religious system with humdreds of mad-made rules. His ministry was toward those who were willing to no longer be led by the Religious Leaders.
More realistically, you don't want religion and so you put your feelings in God's mouth.
Which is about what I would expect from someone arrogant enough to declare that he knows what God wants.