In the United States, prostitution should be legal.

I apologize for this taking so long. I just started a new job and had to really research for my responses, thank you Traveler for giving me a very good debate. I have enjoyed it, and now onto my final arguments: Prostitution is legal in Rhode Island. . http://www.anchorrising.com... Most never knew as long as it takes place indoors, it's legal. RI is not a hotbed of immoral activity. Good people live in RI and society has not been damaged. In fact it rates 44 out of 51 for violent crimes. . http://www.statemaster.com.... Further it has one of the lowest divorce rates in the nation (4th lowest) . http://www.divorcemag.com.... The mere presence of legal prostitution does not mean a bad society for American states. These are two separate issues: 1)The greater good argument. The criminalization of prostitution hasn't stopped it. For society to gain anything, the activity would have to be stopped. 2)In the Bill of Rights may say something that can be interpreted that way, but I don't see it. . < I cannot still have [think] the major trend in the USA judges because I don't know the percentage of this case than the whole case related with the dignity of women. > My point that women's dignity is not of concern in determining laws. I don't think degrading women is a goal for the court. If you read the article, the judge stated that he found the practice repugnant. But there was nothing he could do about it, because he could not stop the man's rights. < This lack of respect dehumanizes both prostitute and client, and this situation can violate the dignity of both sex. '> I will deal with the ‘dignity of women arguments' later. <'legalization of the ‘Bunny Ranch' in Nevada did not prevent [most] of prostitutes from […] work outside of the licensed brothel, and remain dependent on pimps. ' > Doesn't matter and mostly incorrect. The BR is nearer to Carson City than to Vegas, and prostitution is illegal in Las Vegas, where prostitutes have more business. . http://reno.citysearch.com.... Thousands of people travel to Vegas every year, to buy sex there, they can't, but as you said, economics suggest that the workers will go were the work is at. . . http://www.usatourist.com.... Considering how far the Bunny Ranch is from where the johns are, really this is more an argument FOR my case than against it. I was saying that your argument on the rule of marry could also mean that virginity was the standard being violated by prostitution. I'm sorry I was unclear on that. OK has strict laws on pornography, but I can still pay for the right to watch Jenna Jameson perform from my local cable network- The descriptions on my channel guide make the JENNA channel sound rather raunchy. Mostly, the only restrictions are that the workers consent & be over 18. The way it works in the US is that we use the "Miller test. " This is a three part test that uses the standards of the community to determine if something is illegal. . http://courses.cs.vt.edu.... This is different in each place, so I can't say there are no laws about pornography. Those I mentioned are standard for all states. It is legal in most states for a woman to have sex for money in front of a camera, but if the camera is removed it is illegal. The first right guaranteed in the Bill of Rights is "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" . http://www.constitution.org.... This issue was so important to the founding fathers; they put it in before any other of the rights guaranteed. Yes, mostly, the founding fathers were religious. Knowing that, why would they have made this the first of the rights guaranteed? Because they were able to recognize that the freedom to determine what one believes is so fundamental, that no law can change that, and attempts to would be met with resistance. There is no surer way to guarantee an unstable government than to attempt to regulate faith or beliefs. This is why, even though or forefathers were believers, they recognized and protected our right not to be forced into those same beliefs. Now I will discuss the indignity of prostitution. It doesn't matter. . Prostitutes work in a field that is degrading and makes them use sex as a commodity for trading. That doesn't matter. Most of these women were abused or raped. They aren't on the streets because they chose to be sex workers. They are there because they think they have no choice. . Punishing them for doing what they can to survive is wrong. Wanna help? Give them a safe way of doing what they have to in order to survive. The fact that there will be some that won't follow the regulations doesn't matter, because there will be some that will. Additionally Australia legalized prostitution and faced some of the problems you mentioned, because it was legal, the sex workers could do something about it, so they did. Legalization empowered them to act. . http://www.walnet.org... The issue with the laws about prostitution for the benefit of the prostitute is no one else is harmed. Therefore it is immoral. It is in violation of the Harm Principle which states that, "His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant. He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forbear because it will be better for him to do so, because it will make him happier, because, in the opinion of others, to do so would be wise, or even right. " . http://davidhildebrand.org.... Laws upheld by this principle are the only just laws; all others are immoral trappings attempting to coerce action without allowing for cause is wrong. Creating laws for no reason other than to protect the dignity of the person affected violates that principle, and is immoral. Ladies and gentlemen I have now concluded my case. I have shown: 1. Prostitution can be legal and not drastically harm the community 2. Violating individual rights where no harm is being done, for the sake of ‘the greater good' is wrong. 3. Laws harm the prostitute by creating a situation where they can not ask for help when it is needed. 4. Pornography is prostitution with a camera, and for the most part, it is legal 5. Laws regarding prostitution violate the harm principle and are immoral.