The last time I checked downtown Philly was not the Western US in the 19th century.
Just pointing out the falsity of your claim. Governments use all sorts of enticements to get people to do things the Govt wants. Free land is but one. You could consider an interest rate deduction on your mortgage a similar arrangement. Don’t make the rules, just observe them. Barter is a much older form of trade prior to the invention of a cash economy. It was not so long ago that most of America ran on a barter rather than cash economy. I don’t take the ACLU view of Govt having to be benign and equal to all points of view. It has never been that way, nor, as evidenced by this story, will it ever be that way. I prefer the real diversity, where regional and cultural differences abound. Having said that, I don’t believe men having anal sex constitutes a regional or cultural difference, rather I categorize it as a crime against nature.