
Canada: Female judge rules to decriminalize activites around prostitution
I wonder how women's studies professors can find a way to make this all about the Evil Patriarchy? A female judge rules in favor of the plaintiffs: three prostitutes just chomping at the bit to ply their trade publicly. You can practically hear the gears grinding away as The Machine tries desperately to find some kind of output that has a man to blame for it all. Excerpt:
'A Toronto judge has struck down Canada’s prostitution laws, effectively decriminalizing activities associated with the world’s oldest trade.
“These laws, individually and together, force prostitutes to choose between their liberty interest and their right to security of the person as protected under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms,” Justice Susan Himel of Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice said in Tuesday’s landmark decision.
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Rona Ambrose, minister for status of women, said the Conservative government is “very concerned” about the court decision and is considering an appeal.
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“This is wonderful,” dominatrix Terri-Jean Bedford told reporters at the University Ave. courthouse.
Bedford and prostitutes Valerie Scott and Amy Lebovitch had asked the court to strike down Criminal Code provisions dealing with prostitution, contending the laws violate their constitutional right to security of the person and freedom of expression.'
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