"Regulating" something means you tolerate the practice, but control it, tax it, discourage it, whatever. Making something illegal, that is "outlawing" it, means you don't tolerate it at all. Many states have outlawed prostitution, constitutionally and legally.
States have the power to reasonably ~regulate~ the commercial aspects of prostitution.
It's an unavoidable fact of life hugh, that a woman has an inalienable right to make money from using her body as she so chooses. -- We all do. --- The State can only TRY to regulate the more commercial aspects of such 'sinful' behavior.
It can't win, because individual rights get in its way.
This exchange above is where you started your prostitution rant.
-- Unable to win your point on booze prohibition, you've switched to insisting that prohibitions on prostitution make your point.
In effect, you're insisting that "A state has the power to outlaw prostitution", because it's NOT "an unalienable right for a woman to make money from her body as she chooses."
-- Even though you admit that in Nevada, a woman does have "an unalienable right for a woman to make money from her body as she chooses."
Hugh, I suggest you think a bit more about the logic of your position.
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H.Akston wrote:
"Regulating" something means you tolerate the practice, but control it, tax it, discourage it, whatever.
Making something illegal, that is "outlawing" it, means you don't tolerate it at all. Many states have outlawed prostitution, constitutionally and legally.
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Nope, not constitutionally. -- You can't constitutionally prohibit an "unalienable right for a woman to make money from her body as she chooses"; just as you admitted earlier.