Outrage at college kids for stupid sex games, but where’s the outrage for the same in the Florida Legislature?

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Worse still is that an affair exposes a married legislator to extortion, blackmail and a host of other challenges by the sex partner and anyone who knows of the affair. This is why the military takes decisive action when affairs are discovered in its ranks.  Affairs in the military put troops at risk.

In the Florida Senate, at least a half-dozen men have been accused of affairs in the past few months by a well noted Florida news blogger.  Given the rise in publicity of these scandals, many may actually give up their night jobs and simply do what they were sent to Tallahassee to do, govern!

Getting paid for sex is prostitution

Then there is the other side of the lobbyist/legislator sex exchange. While the legislator clearly has a higher standard, he or she has sworn to uphold the laws of Florida, that alone does not dismiss the behavior of the paid advocate, the lobbyist.

Simply put, if a woman is paid to advance legislation by her clients, and part of her strategy for doing so is having consensual sex with a man who can help move her bill, is she a lobbyist or a prostitute?  Some Tallahassee lobbyists may find that sex is a more powerful lure than campaign contributions, which if not provided in the form of a quid pro quo, are perfectly legal in Florida. Prostitution is not.