I suppose that it makes sense that prostitution is illegal in most areas of the US, because the majority of lawmakers is opposed to it. What I don't understand is <i>why</i> they are opposed to it. If it's a religious stance, whatever happened to separation of church and state? If it's a moral stance, I don't particularly see the moral dillema of sex as a business. Hell, sexuality is like THE American business. Sex sells and is sold everywhere. Except the act of sex itself, which is still sold, but illegally.
With something like this, where the impact to people not involved is nil, I do not see the problem with it. Legalization would reduce the negative aspects of this business. Of course, I also think that legalized drugs would improve the drug situation since it would basically eliminate any sort of black market activities related to drugs and drug related violence. People on drugs can still be a threat to society though, so obviously, that would not be as safe, overall, as legalized prostitution. Still, my point is that, even though I don't use non-medical drugs and don't engage in prostitution, I can see no good reason to outlaw prostitution and a few benefits of legalization.
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