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The district attorney of Manhattan in NYC has announced that his office will no longer prosecute any unlicensed “massage” parlor workers (about 900 cases), nor loitering for the purposes of prostitution (about 5,000 cases). Abigail Swenstein, a staff attorney with the Legal Aid Society’s Exploitation Intervention Project, which works with sex workers, said that while the policy doesn’t preclude the New York Police Department making arrests, she hopes officers will choose not to, knowing that prosecutors would not bring charges. Laws against these behaviors are still on the books but will not be prosecuted. The citizenry has not repealed these laws, but the ever wise and dictatorial district attorney will spit in the face of the citizenry (and God) by deeming these activities unworthy of punishment.
This writer could find reference to only one person, New York Assemblyman Mike Reilly, a Republican, who said Manhattan’s new prostitution policy sets a dangerous precedent. “It flies in the face of law and order,” he timidly said. To me, the fact that there is not an outcry of opposition is as grievous as the decision itself.
This is but the latest in a list of repulsive changes in law enforcement made unilaterally by the D.A. Mr. Vance in his vulgar arrogance boasts that since 2010, he has cut the number of cases handled by his office in half by not prosecuting marijuana smoking and ownership, subway fare evasion, unlicensed vending, nonpayment of fines, loitering for prostitution, peaceful protests (read: looting, burning stores, dousing police with buckets of water and spitting on them). In short, he has retracted the policing practices that so improved the safety and quality of life in New York City begun under Rudy Giuliani’s administration as mayor (1994–2001).
This is not merely a case of malfeasance or arbitrary behavior by Vance. Rather, this is what happens when belief in God is taken out of the country. The Old Testament has many references to prostitution. “Do not degrade your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will turn to prostitution and be filled with wickedness” (Lev. 19:29). In the New Testament we read, “Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!” (1 Cor. 6:15).
Sin is no longer a reality to the unbelieving masses, and where is the outrage coming from New York City’s churches? Faith in God is vanishing. Thousands of churches are closing throughout the country. With the collapse of family values, which, since God created the family, are underpinned by belief in God, communism easily ascends. Sex should take place only within the context of holy matrimony. It is perfidy and sinful to think otherwise. Yet the idea of family is premised on this simple proposition.
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They’re Trying to Shut Us Down
Over the last several months, I’ve lost count of how many times the powers-that-be have tried to shut us down. They’ve sent hackers at us, forcing us to take extreme measures on web security. They sent attorneys after us, but thankfully we’re not easily intimidated by baseless accusations or threats. They’ve even gone so far as to make physical threats. Those can actually be a bit worrisome but Remington has me covered.
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