text: Marty, no one is arguing in support of legalized prostitution here. What Burke and his ilk feel the need to condemn are flawed human beings (aren't we all?) who failed in their initial attempt at marriage, or had child out of wedlock (you name the "sin") and perhaps find themselves in "irregular situations," often very delicate. This is real life in the modern world, so what do you want to do about it? Further, you and yours presuppose that the subjected parties have not sufficiently repented. You can no more judge the sincerity of their resolve as the state of their soul, so why not assume best intentions for a change. In many/most cases we are talking about other Catholic Christians, many/most with good and Godly intentions. They are flawed humans just like you and I. In a world full of evil/envy/malice/discontent, surely you don't want to label these folks as the enemy... do you?