Atlanta is the Sex Capital of the US

[leftyladyfrommo]

Accoprding to Reuters this morning. Atlanta comes in number one for guys looking for illegal sex - mainly underage girls. Guy flies in and has sex with an underage girl for lunch and then flies home to have dinner with his family.

God, that is just vile.

So this is the dark underside of the Bible Belt? I think it is actually only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the dark underside of the Bible Belt. Strict religion seems to bring out the shadowside of people - especially men.

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[MadisonProgressive]

16. Hey, it was just a joke - I guess I forgot a sarcasm icon...

[JuniperLea]

2. That's just one of the many hypocrisies that got me out of the church

When I was 17, my pastor (a southern "gentleman") had an affair with a married member of the congregation. Upon hearing of her husband's transgressions, his wife tried to kill herself.

One in a long list of vile stories I could tell about my youth spent in a fundie church.

[Fovea]

3. Strict moralists often are rules lawyers

so if the young girl is (insert excuse here) then it's ok. Because (insert petty rationalization here).

[cboy4]

4. It's only a matter of time before the Republicans come out and blame it

on "all of those blacks who live there."

[Squatch]

5. That's not sex. It's rape.

'...guys looking for illegal sex - mainly underage girls."

[leftyladyfrommo]

6. Well, it's a felony.

So it it is a felony and if getting caught will completely destroy you, why would you seek sex on the internet?

How dumb are these people?

[Squatch]

7. And, it's pretty twisted.

[GaDemo]

9. What these guy's don't understand

is that their communicating with the Peachtree city police here and getting busted left and right.

[long_green]

8. That's Atlanta for you. Tacky, tacky, tacky. Money and no soul.

I would put the hat on corporatism here, not the Bible Belt. Guys with too much money who think that because they make too much money, society owes them something. In this case, a fifteen year old girl. I agree with a poster above, that ain't sex.

[onehandle]

10. Atlanta is a corporate bubble. Has nothing to do with the South.

The many suits who live in the Republican suburbs, travel to and through here attract the sex trade. We have more strip clubs than any other metropolitan city.

As always, it's Corporate America's fault.

[leftyladyfrommo]

11. Corporate Certainly Seems to Lack Any Value System

that is for sure.

[im10ashus]

12. Do you have a link to that story?

I find it preposterous.

[onehandle]

13. Link...

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=inDepthNews&storyID=2006-04-04T130904Z_01_N03210934_RTRUKOC_0_US-CRIME-SEXTOURISM.xml&src=cms

[im10ashus]

15. Many thanks! eom

:hi:

[ladjf]

14. Sexual repression causes a myriad of unwanted consequences.

[Dr. Jones]

17. Newsflash: The "Bible Belt" is a FARCE!

Dallas one of the most conservative cities in the nation. "Condoms to Go" signs all over the place. Frequent prop planes dragging airborne banners over major highways during rush hour that promote "Gentleman's Clubs." TONS of strip clubs (you can easily distinguish the conspicuous buildings with no windows) EVERYWHERE, VERY popular around here. Beer/Wine/Liquor stores all over the place. And most people know better than to drive around past, say, 11:00pm at night - drunk driving a HUGE problem here.

Bible Belt? PLEASE! The hypocrisy drives me crazy.

[leftyladyfrommo]

18. And then there is Kansas. And Missouri.

There is a lot of hypocrisy in the Bible Belt. I think it may come from trying to practice a religion that is impossible. I saw the same thing in Salt Lake City. People have one face that they present to the public and are completely different underneath.