Memphis City Council member Shea Flinn wants the the city to study the idea of creating an ‘adult entertainment district’ for strip clubs and other sex-oriented businesses. He wants a committee to look into a possible location as well as answer the question whether “this is the right thing to do.”

Is it the right thing to do? Why or why not?

The task for everyone who loves our city is to do everything possible to eliminate sex-oriented businesses, which degrade women, corrupt men, undermine families, and despoil our communal life. We should enact public policy that delegitimizes rather than legitimizes such businesses.