Canada High Court Strikes Down Laws Against Prostitution

LATimes.com:

The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously struck down three laws against prostitution in a landmark ruling Friday, deeming the bans on visiting brothels, living off a prostitute's proceeds and public solicitation "overly broad" and potentially dangerous for sex workers.

While prostitution is legal in Canada, the laws aimed at preventing its practice went far beyond protecting communities from public nuisances associated with the sex trade, the nine justices decided.

"Parliament has the power to regulate against nuisances, but not at the cost of the health, safety and lives of prostitutes," wrote Chief Justice Beverley McLaughlin.

Laws that made it a crime to be found in a brothel, to live off of a prostitute's income and to solicit sex for pay in public were all deemed "grossly disproportionate" to the social ills they were meant to address, McLaughlin's opinion said.

While the measure against profiting from a prostitute's income was aimed at criminalizing pimping, it also made it illegal for prostitutes to hire those who can increase the safety of their trade, such as drivers, managers and bodyguards, the decision noted.

The court gave the Canadian federal government a year to amend the laws so that they conform with the protections of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms or let them expire in December 2014.

Three sex workers who brought the lawsuit alleging discrimination that exposes them to danger were jubilant over the court's ruling.

"Great day for Canada, Canadian women from coast to coast," said Terri Jean Bedford, the lead plaintiff who challenged the prostitution laws in Ontario Superior Court in 2009, according to the Calgary Herald. Bedford appeared on the snowy steps of the high court in Ottawa bedecked in dominatrix black leather and carrying a whip.

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Liberals Seek To Normalize Pedophilia, Just Like They Did With Gay Marriage

Mediaite.com:

On his radio show yesterday afternoon, Rush Limbaugh claimed that the political left seeks to “normalize” pedophilia, much like they have successfully normalized gay marriage.

“There’s a movement to normalize pedophilia. Don’t pooh-pooh it,” he said. “The people behind it are serious, and you know the left as well as I do. They glom onto something and they don’t let go.”

Such a normalization movement, he explained, “has two aspects to it: One is that sex with children doesn’t hurt them. Kids like it, and so do adults, and there’s nothing wrong with it.” The radio host then asked his audience to remember how they first felt when they heard about gay marriage, adding that the common reaction was one of disbelief that such a thing could ever become part of society.

Nevertheless, he said, “there is a movement on to normalize pedophilia, and I guarantee you your reaction to that is probably much the same as your reaction when you first heard about gay marriage. What has happened to gay marriage? It’s become normal. And, in fact, with certain people in certain demographics it’s the most important issue in terms of who they vote for.”

The examples he cited included a recent Guardian UK column which suggested pedophilia may be a sexual orientation; the media “laughing off” allegations of sexual abuse by Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash; and academic experts who he believes claim that sex with adults does not hurt children.

After reading off the academic claims made in the Guardian column — namely that pedophilia may be a sexual orientation of people “wired differently” — Limbaugh wondered what would have happened if convicted child rapist Jerry Sandusky had such information at his 2012 trial.

“What is their objective?” Limbaugh asked about the normalizers. “They want us to all think that pedophilia is just another sexual orientation. You know who’s gonna fall right in line is college kids, just like they have on gay marriage, just like they do on all other revolutionary social issues. Their own definition of the cutting edge, civil rights, freedom, understanding, tolerance. So I’m just warning you here. You think it can’t happen. ‘Impossible! Don’t be nutso and wacko on us, Rush.’”

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REPORT: Pedophilia Rampant In Liberal Hollywood

Hollyweird. A rich cesspool of rich and morally corrupt liberals who indoctrinate their Godless agenda through movies and television shows and mostly vote Democrat is rampant with sexual abuse of children? Shocker:

If a spate of recent allegations proves true, Hollywood may have a hideous epidemic on its hands. The past two weeks have brought three separate reports of alleged child sexual abuse in the entertainment industry.


Martin Weiss, a 47-year-old Hollywood manager who represented child actors, was charged in Los Angeles on Dec. 1 with sexually abusing a former client. His accuser, who was under 12 years old during the time of the alleged abuse, reported to authorities that Weiss told him "what they were doing was common practice in the entertainment industry." Weiss has pleaded not guilty.


On Nov. 21, Fernando Rivas, 59, an award-winning composer for “Sesame Street,” was arraigned on charges of coercing a child “to engage in sexually explicit conduct” in South Carolina. The Juilliard-trained composer was also charged with production and distribution of child pornography.


Registered sex offender Jason James Murphy, 35, worked as a casting agent in Hollywood for years before his past kidnapping and sexual abuse of a boy was revealed by the Los Angeles Times on Nov. 17. Murphy’s credits include placing young actors in kid-friendly fare like "Bad News Bears," "The School of Rock," "Cheaper by the Dozen 2” and the forthcoming "Three Stooges.”


Revelations of this sort come as no surprise to former child star Corey Feldman.


Feldman, 40, himself a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, unflinchingly warned of the world of pedophiles who are drawn to the entertainment industry last August. "I can tell you that the No. 1 problem in Hollywood was and is and always will be pedophilia,” Feldman told ABC’s Nightline. “That's the biggest problem for children in this industry... It's the big secret.”


Another child star from an earlier era agrees that Hollywood has long had a problem with pedophilia. “When I watched that interview, a whole series of names and faces from my history went zooming through my head,” Paul Peterson, 66, star of The Donna Reed Show, a sitcom popular in the 1950s and 60s, and president of A Minor Consideration, tells FOXNews.com. “Some of these people, who I know very well, are still in the game.”


“This has been going on for a very long time,” concurs former “Little House on the Prairie” star Alison Arngrim. “It was the gossip back in the ‘80s. People said, ‘Oh yeah, the Coreys, everyone’s had them.’ People talked about it like it was not a big deal.”


Arngrim, 49, was referring to Feldman and his co-star in “The Lost Boys,” Corey Haim, who died in March 2010 after years of drug abuse.


“I literally heard that they were ‘passed around,’” Arngrim said. “The word was that they were given drugs and being used for sex. It was awful – these were kids, they weren’t 18 yet. There were all sorts of stories about everyone from their, quote, ‘set guardians’ on down that these two had been sexually abused and were totally being corrupted in every possible way.”


In fact it is the very nature of a TV or movie set that invites predators, experts tell Fox News.


“A set in Hollywood with children can become a place that attracts pedophiles because the children there may be vulnerable and less tended to,” explains Beverly Hills-based psychotherapist Dr. Jenn Berman. “One thing we know about actors, psychologically speaking, is that they’re people who like a lot of attention. Kids naturally like a lot of attention, and when you put a kid on a set who is unsupervised and getting attention from someone who is powerful, it creates a vulnerability for a very dangerous situation.”


Feldman, who claims he was “surrounded” by pedophiles when he was 14, says the sexual abuse by an unnamed “Hollywood mogul” led to the death of his friend Haim at the age of 38. "That person needs to be exposed, but, unfortunately, I can't be the one to do it," Feldman told Nightline.


“There’s more than one person to blame,” says Arngrim. “I’m sure that it was not just one person who sexually abused Corey Haim, and I’m sure it wasn’t only him and Corey Feldman that knew about it. I’m sure that dozens of people were aware of the situation and chose to not report it.”

"Millionaire Matchmaker" Host Patti Stanger Tells The Truth About Gay People: They Can't Be Monogamous

It's funny how the immoral, no-values-having, mostly white, social liberal community is pitching a hissyfit about "Millionaire Matchmaker" host Patti Stanger speaking the truth about how gay people are rarely in monogamous relationships. Stringer, who is well-known for her bluntness and has been a professional matchmaker for years, spoke the truth when she recently talked about trying to "curb" gay people into monogamy. And yet, despite the fact that Stanger has featured many gay people on her show, now liberals are crying afoul and demanding that Bravo cancel her show:

"Millionaire Matchmaker" host Patti Stanger has built a career on giving people dating guidance, but Sunday night on 'Watch What Happens Live,' her advice veered into offensive territory. Taking calls from viewers, Stanger repeatedly packaged gay and Jewish stereotypes as insight in a segment that offended viewers and made host Andy Cohen visibly uncomfortable.


Things started to get uncomfortable when a gay man called in asking a question about maintaining an open long-term relationship. Stanger said, "In the gay world, it will always be open," and continued, "I've tried to curb you people." She then referenced a gay sex site.


Andy Cohen recoiled in shock. "I'm down for the monogamy," he said, pushing back on her comments. She immediately burst out laughing. "When was the last time you had a boyfriend?" she asked, incredulously.


Another caller hit on similar themes, and got a similar response from Stanger. He called in saying that he was looking for a committed relationship in L.A., but was having trouble finding people with the same priorities. "You're very handsome," she said, "I thought you were straight." She then clarified that he wasn't "queeny," as Cohen made a funny face that expressed his discomfort.


Stanger doled out more simplistic advice on other groups. When a caller said a lot of the men she'd been dating recently were telling her only what she wanted to hear, Stanger, who is Jewish, immediately asked, "Are they Jewish?" before proclaiming that "they lie." The caller then clarified that the guys she'd been dating weren't Jewish.


"So I'm a non-monogamous liar," Cohen responded, half in jest.


As Stanger made her comments, viewers flooded social media platforms to voice their displeasure with her stereotyping, rallying around the hashtag #CancelStanger. For her part, Stanger seems oblivious that some found her comments offensive, tweeting, "Love that I was trending last night between Packers & Sisterwives!" Andy Cohen has yet to publicly comment on the segment.

As I've said before, people who identify themselves first by who they sleep with are usually sex addicts or nymphomaniacs who are incapable of being in serious, monogamous, longterm relationships. The gay male community is especially well-known for promiscuity, high-STD rates and in general, disgust with the idea of having sex with just one person for a long time. It is my guess that most gay couples (like noted "gay activist" and liberal scum Dan Savage) are in "open relationships" and it's rare that you'll find a gay couple, male or female, that has been in a monogamous relationship for more than say 5 years. Yet, in all their debauchery, the gay community just doesn't like to deal with facts, even when it comes from a woman who has always embraced them like Patti Stanger has.

Politiks As Usual: In The News 8/29/11

Al Gore Calls Climate Change Skeptics 'Racists'

Why Is The MSM So Ignorant About Religion?

Colin Powell Blasts Dick Cheney's 'Cheap Shots'

Did Major Media Overdo Coverage Of Hurricane Irene?

Excluding Prayer From 9/11 Memorial Compounds The Tragedy Of That Day

Obama's War On The Secret Ballot

Surprise! New Fall TV Lineup Heavy On Sex

Rick Perry Bills Feds $349M For Incarcerating Illegals

Minister: Obama's $50,000-a-Week Vacation A 'Disgrace' In Light Of Economy

NBC's Ann Curry, CNN's Don Lemon Headline 'Revolutionary' Gay Journalist Convention

Pollsters: Modern History Shows Obama Can't Win In 2012

Genocide Continues In Sudan, Christian Group Seeks Congressional Help

Battle For New Orleans, 6 Years After Katrina

Bisexual New York City Teenagers Report Higher Rate Of Dating Violence, Rape And STD's

MSNBC.com:

Nearly 10 percent of sexually active New York City high school students say they have had at least one same-sex partner, and teens who say they've had sexual contact with both sexes report higher-than-average rates of dating violence, forced sex and risky sexual behavior, a new study says.


The study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics analyzed 17,220 public health surveys and found that more than a third of teens who had same-sex encounters identified themselves as straight. Advocates said the results point to the need for public health messages to target behavior, not identity.


It's troubling, though not surprising, that the youths who reported encounters with both sexes also had higher rates of risky behavior and violence, said Dr. Susan Blank, assistant commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.


"It has been shown in the literature that students who have both male and female partners have a lot of adverse health problems," she said.

They know homosexuality is abnormal, but it's the internal conflict within that makes them make these kind of choices.