Because prostitution is legal in Denmark. Hansen, 59, believes the state should subsidise visits to his home by prostitutes in the manner they would pay for meals-on-wheels.

According to an article in the UK's Observer newspaper, Hansen is making a case that his local authority unfairly made a moral judgment when it rejected his application for financial support to bring prostitutes to his flat. If a social appeal board finds in his favour later this month, all Danish councils will have to obey the ruling.

What say you, circus-goers: Should sex (with or without prostitutes) be the next taboo targeted in the battle for full, um, inclusion?

Posted by Lawrence Carter-Long