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Go to hell, Washington Examiner.
This is precisely why fake news is dangerous, and why we need to bring back the fairness doctrine. Liberal media? What liberal media? 
Beginning on Jan. 1, prostitution by minors will be legal in California. Yes, you read that right.
SB 1322 bars law enforcement from arresting sex workers who are under the age of 18 for soliciting or engaging in prostitution, or loitering with the intent to do so. So teenage girls (and boys) in California will soon be free to have sex in exchange for money without fear of arrest or prosecution.
This terribly destructive legislation was written and passed by the progressive Democrats who control California's state government with a two-thirds "supermajority." To their credit, they are sincere in their belief that decriminalizing underage prostitution is good public policy that will help victims of sex trafficking. Unfortunately, the reality is that the legalization of underage prostitution suffers from the fatal defect endemic to progressive-left policymaking: it ignores experience, common sense and most of all human nature — especially its darker side.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/california-democrats-legalize-child-prostitution/article/2610540
SB 1322 bars law enforcement from arresting sex workers who are under the age of 18 for soliciting or engaging in prostitution, or loitering with the intent to do so. So teenage girls (and boys) in California will soon be free to have sex in exchange for money without fear of arrest or prosecution.
This terribly destructive legislation was written and passed by the progressive Democrats who control California's state government with a two-thirds "supermajority." To their credit, they are sincere in their belief that decriminalizing underage prostitution is good public policy that will help victims of sex trafficking. Unfortunately, the reality is that the legalization of underage prostitution suffers from the fatal defect endemic to progressive-left policymaking: it ignores experience, common sense and most of all human nature — especially its darker side.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/california-democrats-legalize-child-prostitution/article/2610540
Except it really isn't:
WHAT'S TRUE: A California law passed in 2016 provides that minors involved in prostitution be treated as victims rather than criminals.
WHAT'S FALSE: It is still illegal for Californians to hire prostitutes (child or otherwise), and sex traffickers will still face consequences if they are caught prostituting children.
Origin:On 28 September 2016, the web site Downtrend published an article reporting that California had passed a law legalizing child prostitution:
This is absolutely astounding. The liberal numbnuts who run the State of California just decriminalized child prostitution. There is no misinterpretation of what they’ve done here. It is no longer illegal for anyone under the age of 18 to engage in prostitution or to solicit money for sex. Like I said, kids in California are now able to legally work as prostitutes.
While Downtrend insisted that "there is no misinterpretation of what they've done here," they didn't quite provide the whole story.
http://www.snopes.com/child-prostitution-legalized-in-california/
WHAT'S FALSE: It is still illegal for Californians to hire prostitutes (child or otherwise), and sex traffickers will still face consequences if they are caught prostituting children.
Origin:On 28 September 2016, the web site Downtrend published an article reporting that California had passed a law legalizing child prostitution:
This is absolutely astounding. The liberal numbnuts who run the State of California just decriminalized child prostitution. There is no misinterpretation of what they’ve done here. It is no longer illegal for anyone under the age of 18 to engage in prostitution or to solicit money for sex. Like I said, kids in California are now able to legally work as prostitutes.
While Downtrend insisted that "there is no misinterpretation of what they've done here," they didn't quite provide the whole story.
http://www.snopes.com/child-prostitution-legalized-in-california/
Oh and seriously - fuck you Washington Examiner.
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