As I said before, in your world, you think that if a law can be broken without getting caught, then the law doesn't prohibit the action.
That's utter nonsense, hugh. Your manic desire to empower States to outlaw ~evil~ makes you imagine that reasonable regulations on public behaviors are 'prohibitions'. No government has ever been given the power to decree prohibitions.
There are ways to catch prostitution, and put a person in jail for it, while preserving all his/her constitutional rights.
Sure thing hugh, -- in a police state. -- You can't 'catch' an amateur trading occasional sex for some sort of gain, - since it is not a crime, --- not in a free republic.
-- Hell hugh, that's practically the name of the dating game. Even among your bluenose set.
"~evil~ "
There you go again. I said nothing about evil. I don't place my prejudices (unlike you) on actions States are free to take, pursuant to the 10th Amendment.
"Sure thing hugh, -- in a police state. -- You can't 'catch' an amateur trading occasional sex for some sort of gain, - since it is not a crime, --- not in a free republic.
-- Hell hugh, that's practically the name of the dating game. Even among your bluenose set."
And yet you have "no problems" with:
"The owner of an county-wide escort business run out of a home on Big Pine Key pled guilty May 27th to four misdemeanor charges and two felony charges relating to his occupation. 48 year old Michael Knezevich, owner of the Heavenly Bodies Escort Service, was arrested April 14th after he was caught during a prostitution sting in Marathon. He was charged with forcing a person to become a prostitute, deriving support from the proceeds of prostitution, offering to procure a person for the purpose of prostitution and with transporting a person for the purpose of prostitution. Sheriff's detectives with the Special Investigations Division were investigating a number of complaints from citizens about the escort service operated by Knezevich, and other escort businesses operating in the County. On April 28th, detectives served a search warrant at his home on Lobstertail Road on Big Pine Key. They found evidence that he was operating the escort service from that location, and found recording devices set up in several areas where it appears he may have been video taping sexual encounters without the knowledge of his partners. They also found two firearms in the house. At the time, Knezevich had a restraining order filed against him which prohibited him from possessing firearms, so he was charged with contempt of court and the guns were seized. He appeared in court on May 27th and pled guilty to a total of four misdemeanor charges and two felony charges. He was sentenced to 10 days in the county jail and received four years of probation. As a part of the plea agreement, he must also sell his home and move out of the county within 90 days. One of the conditions of his probation is that he not engage in any type of escort business and that he have no contact with any victims or witnesses in the cases in question. "
WV is a police state?
(BN? Wrong color and wrong part of the body - red neck)
"You can't 'catch' an amateur trading occasional sex for some sort of gain - since it is not a crime, --- not in a free republic."
It is a crime in most states, if the gain is money, and sure you can. It's done all the time in states which are free republics. Stings, search warrants, anonymous tips, undercover cops... all legal.
I came up with that WV case in less than a minute, using google. I could find 100 more. You know it. I know it.
And you have "no problem" with WV's laws. You're a self-contradiction.
Many states have outlawed prostitution, in accordance with their 10th Amendment rights to do so.