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(Chuck Muth)<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Alice Little \u2013 her trade name, not her real name \u2013 is a licensed sex worker at one of Nevada\u2019s legal brothels that has been shuttered by \u201cemergency\u201d order since last St. Patrick\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n

And on Friday she sued Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe brothels have been closed for more than half of this year,\u201d Little said in an interview with KTNV-TV13. \u00a0\u201cSex workers like me are suffering financially and emotionally. We have minimal options for economic relief and limited alternative employment opportunities due to our stigmatized work history.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nevada is the only live-and-let-live state in the country that allows legal prostitution \u2013 but only in licensed and regulated brothels.\u00a0 And only in a handful of the state\u2019s rural counties.<\/p>\n

In addition, the legal brothel industry is the only legal industry in the state that has not been allowed to reopen in some limited form during the governor\u2019s now 8-month-long shutdown due to the coronavirus.<\/p>\n

Little argues it\u2019s discriminatory and unconstitutional.\u00a0\u00a0 And it is.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Nevada Constitution affords constitutional protections to the freedom of association,\u201d the 4\u20198\u201d working lady notes in her suit.\u00a0 \u201cThis liberty protects against government interference with an individual\u2019s choice to enter into and maintain certain intimate or private relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n

Little is being represented by the Randazza Legal Group, which has a history of fighting for the legal brothel industry in Nevada. \u00a0And lead attorney Marc Randazza is no shrinking violet, especially when it comes to defending constitutional rights.<\/p>\n

\u201cNevada sex workers are issued licenses by the government,\u201d Randazza argues, \u201cand they have a property interest in these licenses which may only be suspended after the licensees are afforded due process.\u201d<\/p>\n

Which they\u2019ve been denied.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy not permitting her to engage in the act of legal sex work without conducing any type of hearing,\u201d Randazza continues, \u201cGov. Sisolak has unconstitutionally deprived Plaintiff Little of a protectable property interest by effectively revoking her license.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cDefendant\u2019s refusal to allow brothels to reopen is particularly arbitrary given that Gov. Sisolak announced the resumption of all other economic activity in the State of Nevada on August 3, 2020.\u00a0 He has, without any rational basis, decided to single out brothels.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Randazza goes on to note that other \u201csimilarly situated businesses\u201d \u2013 such as casinos, bars, bowling alleys, gyms, dentists, movie theaters, hair salons, pools, spas and tattoo shops \u2013 have been allowed to reopen\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it is safe for a customer to get a massage at a massage parlor, then it should be safe for a customer to visit a legal sex worker if COVID-19 precautions are taken.\u00a0 In the alternative, if the Governor insists on closing brothels, then licensed sex workers should still be permitted to utilize their licenses to ply their legal trade at their own residences or in private locations, as long as they are sanitary and follow COVID guidelines.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Which raises this question\u2026<\/p>\n

Would you rather have prostitution taking place legally in a regulated, off-the-beaten-path brothel\u2026or in the house across your street?<\/p>\n

The reality is that COVID-19 is\u00a0NOT<\/u>\u00a0spread through sexual contact.\u00a0 The science says so.\u00a0 Health professionals \u2013 including a doctor at the Mayo Clinic \u2013 say so.<\/p>\n

And as long as the state\u2019s legal brothels follow all the same safety protocols as massage parlors and dentists with their fingers in your mouth, there\u2019s no rational excuse for keeping them closed.<\/p>\n

If Gov. Sisolak doesn\u2019t want to take the responsibility for reopening our legal brothels for political or moral reasons, then he should defer the decision to the elected members of the various county commissions \u2013 just as he\u2019s deferred similar decisions to the Gaming Control Board, the local school boards, and his COVID Task Force.<\/p>\n

Today is Nevada Day.\u00a0 We\u2019re the Battle Born state, not the Puritan state.<\/p>\n

Today would be the perfect day to immediately reopen our brothels rather than waste the time, effort and money to fight this out in court.\u00a0 We have far bigger problems to worry about.<\/p>\n

(Mr. Muth is president of Citizen Outreach and adviser to the Nevada Brothel Association PAC.\u00a0 He blogs at MuthsTruths.com.\u00a0 His views are his own.)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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