Friday, December 20, 2013

Canada's Anti-Prostitution Laws Struck Down By Supreme Court


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/20/canada-anti-prostitution-law_n_4480105.html

OTTAWA (AP) — Canada's highest court has struck down the country's prostitution laws in their entirety in a unanimous 9-0 ruling.
The high court on Friday struck down all three prostitution-related laws: against keeping a brothel, living on the avails of prostitution, and street soliciting.
The ruling is a victory for sex workers seeking safer working conditions because it found that the laws violated the charter guarantee to life, liberty and security of the person.
But the Supreme Court of Canada decision also gives Parliament a one-year reprieve to respond with new legislation.
wow wonder what the evangelicals and right wing "CHRISTIANS" think about that is Canada an abomination also what does Teddy Cruz think about his real homeland homeys?
Ontario's Appeal Court previously struck down the ban on brothels on the grounds it exposed women to more danger.
Friday's landmark ruling comes 34 years after the Supreme Court last upheld the country's anti-prostitution laws.
really interested to what the republicans think of our neighbors to the north, and will they blast them and call for sanctions or just get in the car and head north for a weekend of fun?