But I think the main reason that some legislators argue for banning prostitution is the interest of public health and safety, they are only concerned with being able to say “It’s not my fault for the people contracting STDs, because they were doing an illegal act to contract the disease (Getting laid with a prostitute)”. Anyways, that would be their argument, not mine.
The interesting thing about these sins is that they are all matters between the sinner and God. When you presume to stand in judgement, in God’s place, you are committing the sin of pride.
The consequences are within the interest of public safety and public trust, but then again, even those priorities seem slightly out of whack. My personal issues in my mind (lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, and pride) are yes, between myself and God, but the acts I commit out of those inclinations are a matter of law, because the consequences of these acts affect people besides myself, and I should confess and make the best amends possible for these wrongdoings to others. People come up with the idea that certain inclinations only hurt themselves, but with decent experience, one will find that this idea is very seldom true. That’s where the law comes in, if something a person does (prostitution, heavy drinking) affects someone else (STDs, auto accidents) in the case of either an STD, many of which are largely incurable, hits someone, or a person is permanently crippled/killed by an auto crash, who pays for the damages? Point is government does not want to accept responsibility for the fact that some person got an STD from some prostitute, so they make it a crime, and they make it a crime called DUI for people who drive under the influence of alcohol.
Prostitution is one issue where my libertarian instincts kick in. I had a criminal justice teacher who once pointed out that what is the real difference between taking a woman on a date and spending $100 and hoping to get sex. Or paying a woman $100 for sex and skipping the rest.
I know the argument will be what about people who are forced or children who are forced. Well we don't outlaw all business because some use child labor, we just enforce the laws against those business that violate the law.
Legal prostitution (in Nevada) has a much lower rate of STD transmission than illegal prostitution. There has never been a case of AIDS among legal prostitutes in Nevada. The places with the highest STD rates are Reno and Las Vegas, where prostitution is illegal, and whores walk the streets and casinos.
Where prostitution is legal, the whores get frequent health inspections, and they stay in the whore houses, which are in secluded areas.