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Like it or not sex trade is here to stay

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Last weekend, I stumbled upon an article that featured an unlikely coalition of nominated Senator Millicent Omanga and the atheists defending commercial sex workers. For those in the dark, some MCAs think that we have a commercial sex crisis. In their view, we suddenly have too many people selling sex including men who target male clients. It is amusing that there seems to be a conflict between politics and prostitution given that Ronald Reagan once said, “ It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.”

To solve the ‘crisis’, MCAs have come up with the most ingenious solution — outlaw prostitution. This solution is not only archaic, but also laughable. It is bound to fail on various grounds.

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