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PSEguy147 2928 reads
posted
1 / 9

If an escort offers the client Kabbalah coaching, then the escort service is protected by the first amendment. What do you think about it?
Can an escort hide escort services under Kabbalah Coaching and get away?

What is nice about Kabbalah coaching is that it is open to non-Jews.

Sample Disclaimer

Money is exchanged for Kabbalah Coaching. This activity is protected by the First Amendment of the US Constitution. Anything else that may or may not occur between consenting adults is personal preference and not to be solicit, payment made for, or compensated for.


mrfisher 115 Reviews 1405 reads
posted
2 / 9

I'm going to ask my Rabbi about it.  It would make a great fund raiser.

I have to give you credit for imagination.

harborview 10 Reviews 1939 reads
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4 / 9

this is NO Different.   In jurisdictions where advertizing might violate ordinances, the disclaimers hold a very limited value.  Once money & sex are combined, the disclaimers are superceded & you will be in violation.  It'll "work' right up to the time you are arrested.  You'll likely be convicted & you can spend mega bucks appealing all the way to the Supreme Court.   Cops are not Constitutional Lawyers and anytime you try to invoke such a protection their response will be to arrest your arse & let the courts sort it out.  Since the mere arrest is most damaging, it's wiser to use other techniques to stay under the radar.

Oh, yeah, since the money is NOT for sex, she can just scoop the donation & walk out.

If you are that worried about it...  and unwilling to take common steps to protect yourself...  then maybe this hobby is not for you.
HV

Cali_tailchaser 966 reads
posted
5 / 9

The First Amendment's free exercise of religion does not give you free license to do what your religion requires of you. For a ridiculous example, if your religion requires you to sacrifice virgins, you can still be prosecuted for murder if you sacrifice virgins.  If a law is neutral and generally applicable, meaning it has a purpose other than affecting religion, and it's rationally related to a government interest, then the courts will uphold it. The leading Supreme Court case on this is Employment Division v. Smith (1990) 494 U.S. 872. Governments can make exceptions, such as allowing use of peyote for religious purposes or being a conscientious objector to the draft, but those are exceptions created by law and not because of a constitutional right to free exercise of religion. For a real world example, members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints engaged in all sorts of illegal acts, such as polygamy, incest, and sexual abuse of children, which their religion condoned. Even though it was part of their religious practices, this didn't stop scores of federal agents and state troopers from swooping in and arresting people left and right and prosecuting them. More directly on point, the sacred prostitution sham has been tried before and didn't work. Do a Google search for Mary Ellen Tracy.

As for the disclaimer, it provides no protection at all. The law is principally concerned with what you actually did, not what you call it. The disclaimer you provided is nearly identical to what is already on many providers' websites. Do you think it has made them immune from arrest and prosecution? No. In fact, rather akin to "The lady doth protest too much, methinks," the disclaimer can be used as evidence of guilt, as the the court noted in the linked case.

Makwa 18 Reviews 1412 reads
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8 / 9

Also I remember a similar operation in LA about twenty years ago in LA.  It didn't work in California either.  

Freya Fantasia See my TER Reviews 1285 reads
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9 / 9

Excellent example.

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