"It depends upon what the meaning of the word 'is' is."
Bill Clinton
>13th Amendment
Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
slavery = involuntary servitude
Same thing,makes voluntary servitude lawful , as you say not mere semantics!
The more you know!