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California Democrats legalize child prostitution
Washington Examiner ^ | 12/29/2016 | travis allen

Posted on 12/29/2016 4:42:40 PM PST by bkopto

Beginning on Jan. 1, prostitution by minors will be legal in California. Yes, you read that right.

SB 1322 bars law enforcement from arresting sex workers who are under the age of 18 for soliciting or engaging in prostitution, or loitering with the intent to do so. So teenage girls (and boys) in California will soon be free to have sex in exchange for money without fear of arrest or prosecution.

This terribly destructive legislation was written and passed by the progressive Democrats who control California's state government with a two-thirds "supermajority."

To their credit, they are sincere in their belief that decriminalizing underage prostitution is good public policy that will help victims of sex trafficking.

Unfortunately, the reality is that the legalization of underage prostitution suffers from the fatal defect endemic to progressive-left policymaking: it ignores experience, common sense and most of all human nature — especially its darker side.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; US: California
KEYWORDS: ageofconsentlaws; california; clickbait; corruptingaminor; fakenews; mannact; prostitution; sexworkers; statutoryrape
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1 posted on 12/29/2016 4:42:40 PM PST by bkopto
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To: bkopto

Ok, California needs their statehood taken away. Time to send in federal marshalls and restore sanity.


2 posted on 12/29/2016 4:46:24 PM PST by D Rider
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To: bkopto

Just think of all the money that will save the pimps!


3 posted on 12/29/2016 4:46:45 PM PST by Dogbert41 (/)
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To: bkopto

California can’t help itself as it slips further down the slope of becoming more and more like ancient Rome; hedonism, self-worship, perversions, over taxation, bread and circuses, all accepted and slowly but surely being overrun by invading foreigners. Oh well, they did it to themselves, as did Rome.


4 posted on 12/29/2016 4:47:38 PM PST by john drake (Lucius Accius-Roman,170 BC - "oderint dum metuant" translated "Let them hate so long as they fear")
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To: bkopto

Words defy me, may God help us


5 posted on 12/29/2016 4:49:11 PM PST by Lucky2 (God bless America)
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To: D Rider
Ok, California needs their statehood taken away.

There's an in-State movement to give it up (i.e., secession).

6 posted on 12/29/2016 4:49:53 PM PST by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: Dogbert41; bkopto; NYer

And now a man who rapes a female minor can say: “She is a prostitute. She offered me her body, we didn’t discuss the price.” and perhaps get off without being charged, since child prostitution has been legalized.


7 posted on 12/29/2016 4:51:07 PM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: bkopto

The Democrats are always doing it “for the children”.


8 posted on 12/29/2016 4:52:39 PM PST by all the best
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To: GreyFriar

You can bet the John will be prosecuted.


9 posted on 12/29/2016 4:53:10 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: bkopto

OHMYGOSH California, WHAT ARE YOU DOING???!!!

Maybe you better secede from the United States and join Mexico...this is terrible!!!


10 posted on 12/29/2016 4:53:12 PM PST by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
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To: bkopto

If not 18, then what is the minimum age?
Will they not even stop 4th graders?


11 posted on 12/29/2016 4:55:34 PM PST by Tai_Chung
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To: bkopto

Pizza for everybody!!!

Has this been field tested in The Netherlands or Thailand?


12 posted on 12/29/2016 4:56:54 PM PST by OrangeHoof (Get used to it - President Donald J. Trump)
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To: bkopto

And cows must be muzzled from the backside to catch the methane.


13 posted on 12/29/2016 4:57:03 PM PST by Foolsgold (Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber)
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To: bkopto

They didn’t legalize child prostitution. It’s no longer a crime for a child to sell themselves for sex, but it’s still still statutory rape to engage with sex with a minor. Therefore child prostitution is still an illegal act, they’re just not going to punish the child for it under the idea that they’re not responsible for their actions under law.


14 posted on 12/29/2016 4:57:17 PM PST by RedWulf (Trump:Front Lines. Obama: Back Nine. Hillary:Nap T)
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To: bkopto

Who needs drugs, the decisions that leftist make are enough to blow your mind. Unbelievable!


15 posted on 12/29/2016 4:58:08 PM PST by Bellflower (Dems = Mat 6:23 ....If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!)
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To: GreyFriar

It’s still illegal for the adult, along with statutory rape laws. It just means it’s not illegal on the part of the minor, but the john can be arrested. The headline is misleading.


16 posted on 12/29/2016 4:58:14 PM PST by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: Mariner

You have more “faith” in the California judicial system than I do. And if the John says, I’m muslim and the girl is an infidel and therefore it is legal, under Sharia, for me to have sex with her....and you wouldn’t want to be called “anti-Islamic” for attempting to punish me with laws I don’t recognize.

Hopefully this folly will be recognized and the population will demand a change (a very, very long shot)


17 posted on 12/29/2016 4:58:24 PM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: bkopto

This is so sad!

Lord have mercy!!!!


18 posted on 12/29/2016 4:59:00 PM PST by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: bkopto

OMG this is being spun so bad it’s silly!

The law got passed because KIDNAP VICTIMS who were being forced into sex slavery were being arrested and prosecuted for something they were FORCED to do!

The cops and the prosecutors refused to stop doing this so the legislature acted to stop it.

This doesn’t legalize child prostitution it stops the victimization of sex slaves by over zealous law enforcement who only care about how many “collars” they get as if it’s a stupid game!


19 posted on 12/29/2016 4:59:46 PM PST by MeganC (Hate crime: The heinous act of disagreeing with a liberal.)
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To: bkopto

I’ll assume that child pornography is still illegal there. However, I wouldn’t be surprised if this is the first step to make it legal.


20 posted on 12/29/2016 5:02:26 PM PST by teacherwoes (Indoctrination is often done under the shadow of a gun)
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