[petitfour]

Who wrote all the state Constitutions and local laws banning prostitution and adultery and a host of other behaviors?????????? I guess those folks were unenlightened as to the true meaning of liberty. Or maybe they knew better.

[steve-b]

I guess those folks were unenlightened as to the true meaning of liberty.

Ya think?

[tpaine]

It is intrinsically evil to criminalize consensual human 'vice'. -- And in fact, our Constitution was written to protect us from such infringements on our liberties.

Who wrote all the state Constitutions and local laws banning prostitution and adultery and a host of other behaviors??????????

States have the power to ~regulate~ the public aspects of such behaviors, without infringing on our individual liberties.
Outright banning is 'law' by decree. No such power is constitutionally authorized.

I guess those folks were unenlightened as to the true meaning of liberty. Or maybe they knew better.

They knew better, but ignored liberty in overzealous efforts to 'control' sin.

Prohibitionism is a form of mental illness, imo.