Yeah, this is definitely because of religion. They think that temptation leads to immorality or some bullshit. If you're a scumbag that wants to cheat on your wife, you will do so regardless of legality, temptation, or availability. Look at drugs, alcohol, gambling...anything, really. Like all things that provide pleasure, some people will have problems with whores. For the majority, however, we don't ruin our lives with these things, and we should be able to bang whores, gamble, smoke weed, etc.... whenever we want to. blame republicans, they're the morons who believe in religion anyway. legalize prostitution, tax the shit out of it, and get our kids some decent educators.