Washington DC did not exist when the Constitution was drafted.
The laws of Washington DC were drafted by the municipal government, not the Federal government.
I am saying the Founding Fathers did not have the puritanical view of sexual conduct that developed during the evangelical movements of the early 20th century.
The various Founding Fathers had various views on public morality. What is certain is that none of them imagined that the Constitution of the United States legalized prostitution federally.
They knew that the decision to outlaw prostitution was left to the several states - or in states lacking statewide legislation, local governments.
History is History no matter how much you want to deny it.
This would be a more convincing statement coming from someone who was familiar with American history.
There were revival movements in America prior to the 20th century. Look up "The Great Awakening".
The historical fact is that prostitution was illegal almost everywhere in the United States, except for certain port towns and mining camps in unorganized territory.
Legalized prostitution has never been the norm in the United States.
Wow you can really ignore history. I don’t think I ever once referred to the constitution or what it said about prostitution yea or nay. I believe my point was that the Founding Fathers had a different attitude about prostitution than the evangelical view that developed during the early 20th century. While there were other evangelical movements before then none of those movements made prostitution largely illegal. Your mistaken about legal prostitution in the US before the 20th century as most medium to large cities had legal brothels until the Civil War had brothels and they begin to fall in popularity after the war in the east but remain popular in the West until the religious movements I referred to earlier.
Now you have begun to try to insult me in your last post I expect better I also expect you to go do some reading on the subject before posting again. I have cited that Washington DC during the time of the Founding Fathers had legal brothels I can do the same for every major city in thew late 18th and early 19th century if you like however I would prefer you cited something or someone of merit on the subject that contradicts me. If not please refrain from coming back at me with the statement “You are wrong” please prove me wrong if you can.