Hello Folks:
There has been much criticism leveled against me for my position on Sex Worker Decriminalization/Legalization as you may see in the http://www.seminolechronicle.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2009/09/23/4aba72bbaaf7b hyperlink. My hats off to Libertas for posting what I think is an excellent rebuttal, which you may see at the http://www.seminolechronicle.com/vfeedback/frontend.v?ACTION=display_post&Post_ID=adb2e0546170e2c4c6fec103aedad287 hyperkink and which is shown below: I bet all the people calling Mr. Perez "sick" and a "nutjob" are the same people who go to "tea parties" and talk about freedom. Our founders believed that you have a right to pursue happiness. Your right to do what makes you happy only ends where my rights begin. If Mr. Perez wants to visit a "sex worker" it has no impact whatsoever on my rights to life, liberty, or property. Liberty, in a political context, is defined as the freedom to do that which affects no one else. This isn't about prostitution this is about freedom. The prostitute owns her body, it is her property. Mr. Perez owns his money, it is his property. This is about two people wanting to exchange their property in a voluntary trade for which they both believe they will better off. Just because you and I think it is immoral doesn't mean it should be illegal. I find divorce to be immoral, can I put all of you that have been divorced in jail because your actions are anathama to my morality? None of this matters because you are all a bunch of ignorant humps that do not understand what freedom is nor are you ready to live in a free society. That is why we are doomed to have government control more and more of our lives, because people like the majority of those that posted here are not ready for freedom. Libertas Orlando Sincerely, Franklin Perez (Libertarian) Florida State House Candidate (District 33) - Year 2010 Libertarian and Independent! Not Beholden to Party Politics! http://www.fperez1776.com http://www.twitter.com/fperez177 From: [email protected] To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: RE: Perez: "Let me be, let me see sex workers" - Seminole Chronicle Viewpoint Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:09:22 +0000 Hello Folks: The contents of the http://www.seminolechronicle.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2009/09/23/4aba72bbaaf7b hyperlink posting of the Seminole Chroniscle is shown below: Perez: Let me be, let me see sex workers By Franklin Perez | September 23, 2009 I would like to thank the Seminole Chronicle and Seminole Voice for mentioning my 2010 run for the Florida State House of Representatives (District 33) in reference to Jeff Hartzler's 2009 run for the Oviedo City Council. In those articles it was mentioned that I support decriminalizing or legalizing the sex worker profession. This is true, I support sex worker decriminalization or legalization but only amongst consenting adults. Child prostitution and sex slavery should remain illegal. I'm not going to worry about what people think of my personal life. I have even enjoyed myself at Nevada brothels before in the past. I explain my own experience at Nevada brothels to explain that the sex worker profession should be decriminalize/legalized. In fact, it's one of my main campaign issues. I'm not going to be one of those candidates worrying about the press stating that I have been to brothels and that I go to adult entertainment establishments to watch beautiful ladies dance nude in front of me and then me denying it just to get elected. People will simply have to accept me for who I am. They will have to accept the total package. I feel that stating that I have been a client of legal sex workers in Nevada will show voters that individuals that go to these places can be good people as well. I do not enjoy that much telling people that I have enjoyed myself with legal sex workers in Nevada in the past, but if I can show people that someone like me who looks and behaves normal and is not hurting anyone and can give a first-hand account of what a real, legal sex worker environment is like and that it is not evil, then maybe the public will find it in themselves to be convinced by the arguments I have presented that all victimless crime laws amongst consenting adults should be abolished. If the sex worker profession amongst consenting adults here in Florida were decriminalized or legalized, then I would have no need to mention that I have gone to Nevada brothels to demonstrate that the sex workers do perform a valuable service. Morality laws that involve acts amongst consenting adults are not the law's or government's business, such as drug use, sex worker profession (both as client and provider), and gambling. When I moved into Seminole County Florida in 1998, there was total nudity in the adult entertainment establishments throughout Seminole County, and I could go in and watch beautiful ladies dance in the nude. It was such a wonderful sight seeing the female body in its perfect form. Then, Religious Right fanatics decided to put on the ballot an anti-nudity ordinance within Seminole County in year 2000. It passed. And that was the end of me being able to enjoy myself here in Seminole County and watch these beautiful ladies. What right does a majority have to impose their morality on me? I was not harming anyone. And the nude dancing was being done indoors, not in public view. What right do other members of society have to dictate what is supposed to make me happy or not? Unfortunately, it is religious folks that have an undue influence on society and wrap themselves in the shield and/or smoke of religion that somehow sanctifies victimless crimes laws amongst consenting adults. I ask: Please stay out of my personal life and let me be, and let me see a consenting adult sex worker if such an experience makes me happy. If you do not like participating in those activities, you do not have to do it, but do not deprive me of my right to pursue my happiness and deprive the consenting adult ladies of their livelihood. Society has no right to ban activities classified as victimless crimes amongst consenting adults. It may have the power to do so, but it cannot claim it has a right. I make no apologies for my position on decriminalizing or legalizating the sex worker profession (and other victimless crime activities) amongst consenting adults. Such laws are not the government's business. Sincerely, Franklin Perez (Libertarian) Florida State House Candidate (District 33) - Year 2010 Libertarian and Independent! Not Beholden to Party Politics! http://www.fperez1776.com http://www.twitter.com/fperez177 From: [email protected] To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] CC: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Perez: Let me be, let me see sex workers - Seminole Chronicle Viewpoint Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:18:12 +0000 Hello Folks: I would like to thank the Seminole Chronicle for posting my viewpoint on their website at the http://www.seminolechronicle.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2009/09/23/4aba72bbaaf7b hyperlink pertaining to decriminalizing or legalizing the Sex Worker profession amongst conseting adults. Sincerely, Franklin Perez (Libertarian) Florida State House Candidate (District 33) - Year 2010 Libertarian and Independent! Not Beholden to Party Politics! http://www.fperez1776.com http://www.twitter.com/fperez177 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! 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