Should prostitution be legalized?

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anon65111186 said:
God made you. God made me. He is the Creator.
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(I made a typo, so I think that made my comment confusing) Whose interpretation of God becomes law? Are you advocating for Catholic Theocracy?
 
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Sophosaggelos1 said:
God is the One that can destroy both soul and body in hell (Mt 10:28). This is my two-cent definition of God…
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Well you are a Christian. But the United States was founded on freedom of religion, so one religion’s interpretation cannot take precedence over another, or you don’t really have freedom of religion.
 
No, it shouldn’t be legal. We already have so many immoral things legal (abortion, gay marriage) why keep legalizing things that are immoral?
 
No, it shouldn’t be. If you are a Catholic believer as your profile states, how can you ask such a thing knowing that prostitution is against God’s Law?
 
I totally get the arguments for making it legal, it is just that it seems to me by doing so, it is cooperating with evil. So no, I don’t think it should be legalized. You COULD add penalties to those who are arrested for prostitution more severe, that test positive for STDs. That is NOT cooperating with evil.
 
Lemuel said:
So we should have laws to punish people who violate the Sabbath, for instance?
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What should be done is God’s will. Sin has it’s own punishment, but states may have remedies that fit the crime. In a Catholic state the Sabbath is not celebrated, but Sunday rest.
 
It most definitely SHOULD NOT be legalized. Society does not need this evil. There are no advantages to such a thing. Think about how many innocent kids could be born by such an industry, only for them to be dumped into foster homes or adoption houses?
 
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JanSobieskiIII said:
So should extramarital sex be illegal too? Because that’s what’s illegal about prostitution.
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Some pre-marital sex is illegal in the United States. In the history of the west sometimes it was and still in many non-western countries pre-marital sex is illegal.

Law is directed by its nature to the good, and especially to the universal or common good. It is addressed not primarily to private persons but to the whole people meeting in common or to persons who have charge of the community as a whole.

It is not in the common good to have people having sex outside of marriage. For a society as a whole it has consequences.
 
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LostSheep7 said:
It’s kind odd that criminalization of prostitution is almost exclusively an anglo-saxan problem.

Prostitution was never a crime in most Catholic countries (all Latin America, Portugal, Spain etc.)
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The law of nature will be right anyhow, no matter the legalities. This leads to all kinds of health problems. Africa and Latin America especially are disproportionately affected.
 
The red light district is a famous tourist attraction here in Holland. All these girls are taken from countries like ukraine, latvia, poland etc. They promise them regular work in a restaurant or bar here, put them naked behind a window and beat the crap out of them if they do not cooperate and are told their family will get killed if they tell the police. Legal prostitution, its terrible
 
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  1. Sex in public places
  2. Prostitution (all but Las Vegas)
  3. Sodomy (in some states, counties, cities)
 
That’s horrible. 😦 I do think that Sweden has the best solution by punishing the pimps and clients.

Punishing the women discourages them from speaking out, getting help, etc. It’s an awful situation all around.
 
I think it should be decriminalized. It’s a mortal sin, but I think making it illegal has led to even worse harm by making it a risk for these women to come forward if they are assaulted, robbed, or raped in the course of their work. It also means that traffickers suddenly become the suppliers. It’s not something I approve of, but it’s something I feel we should tolerate for the common good. I feel the same way about illegal drug use.
 
anon65111186 said:
What should be done is God’s will. Sin has it’s own punishment, but states may have remedies that fit the crime. In a Catholic state the Sabbath is not celebrated, but Sunday rest.
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You didn’t answer the question.

Additionally, who decides what is a violation of God’s law? Do we punish people for lust? For coveting? For being atheist? For using God’s name in vain? What kinds of punishment would your form of government impose upon people for these “crimes”?
 
It would not be “my” form of government. It would be set up by a community of persons, a Catholic state, in the ideal.

Wise Catholic Lawmakers would decide which laws would promote virtue and the common good.

Lawmakers can deliberate at length before making laws. They would provide laws based on Christ’s teaching to guide judgement.

I am not a lawyer and there is no such government in reality, and so I don’t know what they would be. I do know that laws themselves can be judged on their goodness and agreement with Divine Law and Natural Law.
 
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It should never be legal, and I am quite shocked to see a young woman advocating this.
It’s abuse at the highest level and causes a myriad of social problems.
Sad thread. 😥
 
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