Posted on 07/20/2008 3:46:57 AM PDT by Man50D
Petitioners have succeeded in moving a measure that would effectively decriminalize prostitution in the city of San Francisco to the Nov. 4 ballot.
While prostitution is unlawful under the California Penal Code, the measure – if passed by voters – would ban the San Francisco Police Department from allocating any financial resources for the investigation and prosecution of sex workers on prostitution charges.
Section four of the ballot measure – under the heading "Prostitution Shall Be Decriminalized" – further states that the city, county, and district attorney "shall not subject sex-workers to life long economic discrimination associated with having a criminal record."
San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris criticized the measure, unofficially titled "Enforcement of Laws Related to Prostitution and Sex Workers." Harris told the San Francisco Chronicle, "This measure is nothing more than a welcome mat for prostitutes and pimps to come and hang out in San Francisco."
Proponents of the measure are claiming it is needed to give sex-industry workers equal protection under the law and to counter an alleged long-standing cronyism between dance club owners and key decision makers that has resulted in police cracking down on some prostitution outlets but looking the other way from popular nightclubs, even when the clubs were accused of sexual abuses by workers.
Maxine Doogan, founder of the Erotic Service Provider's Union, wrote in an email reported by the Chronicle, "Workers would like it if crimes like rape, robbery, theft and coercion were vigorously investigated and prosecuted. We want the right to make reports of crimes against us without being retaliated against by the police department."
According to the ESPU, the petition to have the measure put on the ballot received 12,763 signatures, 5,000 more than are required.
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And in this case the law is up for debate...
What I object to is the claim made in this thread that no Christian should entertain the thought of “allowing” sin to happen without humans punishing it in the physical world - that we should feel compelled to intervene with force.
Maybe I spent too much time reading the New Testament and not enough with the Old.
Ho hum...another day, another reason not to visit much less live in San Francissyco...and when the next earthquake hits SF, we’ll all know why.
On the other hand, Boston set up a red light district (called "the combat zone") back in the 60s and it turned out to be a pest hole; of course, that may be because it was supervised by Boston's city government.
If you pick a hooker in San Francisco you’d better make sure of the package before you get in too deep.
(Yes. Right next to the human excrement, urine, used needles, and homeless pads that make San Francisco what it is today.)
“This is about homosexual men wanting to pick up an cheap 18 yr old boy on the corner and take him to a public toilet for a night on the town without being harassed.”
....exactly!...this is a Chickenhawk Entitlement Act.
We pay politicians, don't we?
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Now Rush won’t have to fly to the Dominican Republic anymore.
We pay politicians, don’t we?/nope they take our pay.
Somewhere here in Wisconsin there is a "gentleman's club" advertised on the radio called the Oval Office.
They're already hanging out Kamala. Where you been? You need to get out more.
“Now Rush won’t have to fly to the Dominican Republic anymore”.
Ha Ha...damn that is so funny. I guess you won’t either.
I think it’s for the benefit of society. I am not talking about the Bible. God gave us rules for our own benefit, you know.
Why not, and who cares what San Fransicko does?
A group of typical San Francisco Democrats meets outside City Hall to discuss legalized prostitution.
I have a feeling Thailand would be more down hodaka's alley...
I will say that Jesus had more regard for druggies, whores, robbers, thieves, drunkards, queers, and murderers than he did for lawyers, preachers, and college professors.
Nope, unlike Rush I have been married to the same women for 24 years so I don't need to travel to get laid. Plus I don't need viagra either.
Yeah, McGreevey was married, too.
Lets not fool ourselves: "illegal" prostitution is a joke. An odd coalition of churchladies, Feminazi dykes, and the escort services themselves in some cases support the current system.
I prefer the Canadian approach: ban streetwalking, keep brothels aways from residential areas, and let the escort services function as legitimate businesses.
Brothels and bargirls were a fact of life in early America. The anti-prostitution movement only showed up in the late 19th century.
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