You can find endless articles about this city and that city passing zoning laws to severely restrict adult entertainment businesses. These businesses are normally of the look, but don't touch kind.Germany has a whole different outlook on things, where they've embraced the look and touch aspects of adult entertainment. It would be wise for these "lawmakers" to read up on Germany... and then take a trip!
This Wikipedia article detailing Prostitution in Germany should be required reading!
The lawmakers might learn that "the city of Cologne in 2001 created a special area for tolerated street prostitution" and even more importantly, "A positive scientific evaluation was published in 2004."
Some of the topics covered include:
- Prostitution for the procurement of narcotics
- Street prostitution
- Eros centers
- Escort services
- Bars.
- Apartment prostitution
- Partytreffs and Pauschalclubs
- FKK clubs or Sauna clubs
- Sexual services for the disabled
- Male prostitutes
- Legal situation
- History
- Football World Cup 2006
- High profile crimes and scandals
- Trafficking in women