A question for Anti-Theists

[Dystopia]

I am serious. Sure, all those things are good reasons not to do any of those things - but they are not justifications for singling out industries -over and over again...everywhere in the nation - You know what those taxes you just mentioned amount to in the US? A campaign of wealth redistribution -away from minorities and the poor. All under the smug superiority of a position that was not rationally arrived at, but rationalized over after having already arrived. Curiously, we don't sin tax pollutant fuels (that wouldn't fly, our cars are "good")..people get up in arms about a pennies rise in a gallon...but the streets are empty when the price of a pack of smokes goes up 300% in a decade - on sin tax alone..while the cost of production actually decreases. We don't have universal healthcare here, so people are left floating in the wind when they smoke themselves to death. That one - a good counterpoint - doesn't even work in our system..........

- and the differences in the way we handle things which ought to be proscribed by the very same arguments is a wonderful example of why they are sin taxes - and not environmental counterbalance.

I am not an american so I will not discuss your current situation, I don't know the difference between your taxes and ours, but I can assure you in europe taxes on cigarettes are higher than in america. In some countries a pack costs 12€

The taxes on pornography exist because a lot of people go for it not for love of profession but for money,

And?

Because if there is a profession that has some risks and sometimes professionals can be victims of abuse the state doesn't want to incentive it, specially seeing people use it as a last resort or way to make profit, not necessarily because they love it but because they can be desperate.

I don't ethically support pornography (but I enjoy it), because I believe physical intimacy is something that should not be used to make profit, but I respect that people chose different paths. Pornography is taxed because the sex industry has already caused abuse of several participants, STD's, addiction to drugs, and addiction from porn viewers (it can develop into something serious), this is the reason pornography gets taxed, not because we think the body is sacred and holy, if that was true pornography would be banned altogether.

Again, pornography isn't breaking our bank in non existent social healthcare costs - and I seriously doubt the veracity of a claim that puts such an immense monetary toll on porn......

I don't doubt it

It seems to me you are pushing it to far and almost mixing morals with religion. Most people morally support physical intimacy not being used for profit, it doesn't mean all these people are religious.

Do they? Guess what, people who don't share our cultural heritage don't actually seem to think that at all. I'd call that curious, if it wasn't so obvious.

Cultural heritage is what defines who you are. Most western civilizations share some (but not all) cultural identities with the USA, religion has mainly an historical influence and some principles, even constitutional principles could have been influenced by religion. For instance when my constitution says 'Human life is sacred and inviolable' this could be influenced by religion, but the principle still fulfills the purpose either way.