[LAF] Blog post on de-criminalisation of prostitution in San Francisco

[Echo of Freedom]

Echo of Freedom wrote:
> http://www.melissagira.com/2008/10/29/keeping-san-francisco-safe-from-prostitutes/
> 
> Who really is opposing Proposition K, a ballot initiative now before San 
> Francisco voters, which would forbid the City from spending public funds on 
> arresting and jailing sex workers? Even among sex workers, this ballot 
> initiative is not without controversy. We do recognize one common ground: that 
> so long as sex workers are criminals, sex workers will never have full civil and 
> human rights. Who would oppose the right of sex workers to organize their own 
> labor, to have access to health care, to hold law enforcement to the same 
> standards as other citizens do? Who would say that it’s not important to prevent 
> rape, assault, and even murder of sex workers, if it would risk reducing their 
> property values?
> 
> The biggest opposition to Prop K isn’t anti-prostitution feminist groups. It’s 
> “neighborhood associations.” Unlike even the most socially conservative 
> feminists, they never say, I don’t want sex workers to be raped. They say, I 
> don’t want to see sex workers. Don’t want to see them on their front steps. 
> Don’t want to see their clients or “pimps.” Don’t want to see condoms, or 
> syringes. In short: don’t want to see poverty, don’t want to see poor people.
> 
> ...
> (for more see the link)
> 

And make sure to read and re-read this part:

"San Francisco’s Director of STD Control & Prevention supports Prop K for this 
reason: if cops are using condoms against sex workers as evidence of intention 
to commit a crime, how does that keep anyone in San Francisco safe?"

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