Well, seeing as the people who wish to ban prostitution and pornography undoubtedly feel the way they do because of Puritanical, Christian religious dogma.....The real question/s here should be..... a.) Should we force our religious beliefs on others? and b.) Should our goal be to establish an all-White, Puritanical, Christian Theocracy? Something like the Taliban.    To which my answer would be a. NO and b. NO.:)    I think it should be legal, but kept underground and not mainstreamed. There is too much sex on TV these days, tv shows like Desperate Housewives and Sex In the City should be banned IMO...    Prostitution, porno/sex shops and strip clubs should be restricted to designated, inner-city redlight districts, similar to how they do in Amsterdam. Areas where no decent person should be hanging out in the first place. It should all be government regulated to keep it from getting out of hand. All prostitutes or porn stars should be registered with the state and submitted to regular tests for STDs.