{"id":677,"date":"2008-07-22T06:20:39","date_gmt":"2008-07-22T14:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2008\/07\/22\/starchild-kamala-harris-wanted-to-be-an-honorary-sex-worker\/"},"modified":"2016-09-02T12:48:18","modified_gmt":"2016-09-02T20:48:18","slug":"starchild-kamala-harris-wanted-to-be-an-honorary-sex-worker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/677\/starchild-kamala-harris-wanted-to-be-an-honorary-sex-worker\/","title":{"rendered":"Starchild: Kamala Harris &#8220;wanted to be an honorary sex worker&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/HZShWjhUR2A&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/HZShWjhUR2A&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" \/><\/object><\/center><strong>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/author\/luke\/\">Luke Thomas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>July 22, 2008<\/p>\n<p>This has got be the funniest news item of the week.\u00a0 Starchild and District Attorney Kamala Harris made an appearance on CNN this morning to discuss a November ballot initiative that would make it more difficult to investigate and punish prostitution crimes in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>During the interview Starchild said Harris, who opposes the measure, &#8220;wanted to be an honorary sex worker.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She said it in a room full of people,&#8221; Starchild added.<\/p>\n<p>According to Starchild, Harris made the remark during a meeting of the Harvey Milk Democratic Club when she sought the club&#8217;s coveted endorsement for her re-election bid.<\/p>\n<p>Harris&#8217; response? 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