{"id":772,"date":"2019-07-26T09:09:23","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T09:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nevadabrothelassociation.com\/?p=772"},"modified":"2019-08-01T18:17:29","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T18:17:29","slug":"no-separation-between-prostitution-politics-in-nevada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nevadabrothelassociation.com\/no-separation-between-prostitution-politics-in-nevada\/","title":{"rendered":"No separation between prostitution, politics in Nevada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by Dana Gentry | Nevada Current<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[excerpt]<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Aaron Ford, who is defending Sisolak and the state\u2019s legal brothels in a federal lawsuit filed by former sex workers, is simultaneously prosecuting cases of sexual trafficking initiated by his predecessor, Adam Laxalt.\u00a0 . . . Ford draws a distinction between prostitution and sex trafficking in his motion to dismiss the federal suit against the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no conflict between federal law and Nevada law here because federal law does not criminalize prostitution and both Nevada law and federal law criminalize sex trafficking wherever it occurs in Nevada,\u201d Ford wrote in his motion.<\/p>\n<p>Chuck Muth, government relations counsel for the Nevada Brothel Association, bristles at the conflation of legal sex work and the illegal trade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you saying the presence of legal brothels in rural towns like Elko and Ely is fueling demand for commercial sex services in Las Vegas and Reno?\u201d asks Muth. \u201cYou can\u2019t blame that on the legal brothels.\u00a0 They\u2019re not allowed to advertise. The advertising ban is in state law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nevadacurrent.com\/2019\/07\/31\/no-separation-between-prostitution-politics-in-nevada\/\"><em><strong>To read full column, click here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Dana Gentry | Nevada Current [excerpt] Attorney General Aaron Ford, who is defending Sisolak and the state\u2019s legal brothels in a federal lawsuit filed by former sex workers, is simultaneously prosecuting cases of sexual trafficking initiated by his predecessor, Adam Laxalt.\u00a0 . . . 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