text: I believe sex workers rights is the next big civil rights issue the USA will face.  The opposition is very powerful though. They have funding and support from a broad section of Christian groups who have fought and mostly lost on several other moral issues and don't plan to lose on this one.  They have allied themselves with radical feminist ideology and the dialogue of sex slavery and trafficking.  Their propaganda films can be seen every week on MSNBC.  Media has paid lots of attention to their side while virtually ignoring the sex workers movement.  A cottage industry aimed as saving sex trafficking victims has gown up in the last fifteen years with a vested interest in hyping the numbers of such victims and painting a scary and largely inaccurate picture of sex work in general.  These are the people being listened to by government.  Changing this dialogue to one based on actual facts and logic will be an enormous challenge.