>> Maybe it should be an unprosecutable crime. I would imagine that there are serious crimes out there that the police should be working instead of wasting their time on a victimless crime.
Maybe so — but, that isn’t for the DA or the Cops to decide. The law is the law, and their job is to arrest and prosecute those that break it. If the law should be changed, then the legislature will have to change it.
Fundamentally, I see your point on legalization. What business is it of mine (or the governments) if a couple wants to exchange sex for cash (or whatever)? No harm, no foul. On the other hand, the law is what it is — and actively legalizing prostitution is tantamount to an endorsement, which I am not in favor of.
SnakeDoc
I'm old enough to remember the Vice Squad in the Norfolk Virginia area in the 1960's as a young sailor. This was before the huge influx of drugs, and the Vice Squad enforced morals laws as a means of providing income to the city. You could be arrested for taking off your shoes (that equated to beginning the process of disrobing) in the same house as a female who was anyone other than your wife.
I think we're basically on the same page. I don't approve of legalized prostitution, but it upsets me more to have a representative of our government sticking their nose into my affairs (pun intended).
They can continue to make it illegal, but decriminalize it as they do a lot of places now for small amounts of marijuana. If people are putting themselves in a position where it becomes noticable to the public.....give them a ticket like you would for running a stop sign. Having a police officer spend a lot of time undercover trying to bust people for following their human instincts seems like a huge waste of time.