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Palfrey. Spitzer. Enough already!

By Marks & Katz, LLC

Photo from website of U.S. District Court (W.D. Mi.). Consenting adults should be able to engage in private sexual conduct without fear of prosecution, including when money exchanges hands for such activity, also known as prostitution. The United States Supreme Court has already recognized the broad hands-off approach the government must take with private consensual adult sexual activity.  Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003), It is time for the government to back off from and legalize prostitution, not only because that is a logical follow-up to Lawrence , but also because the more the government interferes with prostitution, the more the government also will interfere with other activities that are popular with a more widespread part of the population than is prostitution...continue to full post

Full post as published by Underdog on April 15, 2008 (boomark / email).