Makes sense. It's a total double standard.

Am I misremembering, or was all advertising was banned not too long ago? I thought the brothels couldn't advertise, period.

I can't help but chuckle at the quote from the pastor:

"People in the faith community understand the importance of free speech," Struve said. "We rely on the First Amendment for religious freedom. But if these ads are in the largest newspaper in Nevada, people will have the impression that it is approved. We want to create an image of the state as a family-friendly place. The overwhelming majority of our parishioners don't approve of prostitution. What we are talking about here is judgment. Because ads like this appear in the largest newspaper in the state, it is going to create the impression it is approved."

I laughed at that, too. Family friendly, sure! "c'mon kids, we're going to hit the slots!"

Or, alternatively, "We're all for the first amendment.... for us."

Richard Ziser, leader of Nevada Concerned Citizens and a former U.S. Senate candidate, said: "All these conventioneers are coming to Las Vegas. They have wives at home. You shouldn't be guiding them to these kind of places."

So would he prefer that they pick up a hooker from the street, or have a drunken one night stand with an equally cheating woman they met at the networking lunch buffet after the keynote session? If you're going to fuck around on your wife, you'll do it regardless of whether or not there's legal prostitution a few hours drive outside town. Goddamn Concerned Citizens need to mind their own fucking business.

Kristel, who has worked for less than a decade as a prostitute, said she still finds it shocking that many men don't like it when she asks them to drop their drawers.

"They seem surprised by that," she said.

Probably expecting the ol' turn your head and cough.

($600 for sex in a trailer. Such ambiance ain't cheap.)