The deceptive and morally reprehensible agenda to decriminalise prostitution in South Africa has a powerful ally in the secular liberal media establishment.
On Friday 15 May E-Newschannel Anchor Andrew Barnes conducted a 10 minute live interview with SWEAT representative Eric Harper on decriminalising prostitution in SA.
Tragically, the entire interview was overtly sympathetic to SWEAT’s views on prostitution.
More worrying however, was the deliberate exclusion of an alternative viewpoint being expressed on an issue of critical importance to all South Africans.
Eric Harper was allowed to attack those who opposed the decriminalisation of prostitution with impunity referring to them as “knee jerk moralizers” and “having their heads in the sand”.
A recent survey revealed that 79% of South Africans oppose decriminalised prostitution.
Errol Naidoo (Family Policy Institute) immediately sent an e-mail to E-Newschannel challenging their biased reporting which essentially amounted to censorship of the views of the vast majority of SA citizens.
Ten minutes later he received a telephone call inviting him to participate in a live debate from their C.T. studios with Vivienne Lalu of SWEAT. (Ms Lalu was already in their JHB studios).
As it turned out, E-Newschannel arranged two separate interviews with SWEAT on the same day without bothering to invite a single representative to express an opposing viewpoint.
The live debate at 7:30pm on Friday 15 May was clearly biased in favour of SWEAT. Errol was interrogated about the integrity of my research, while Ms Lalu’s claims were accepted without question. This is clearly a violation of the journalistic code of ethics.
The print media are no better. 80% of the reporting on the SA Law Reform Commissions Discussion Paper on Adult Prostitution contained comments from SWEAT or organisations in favour of decriminalisation while a few paragraphs are provided for an opposing viewpoint.
We appeal to the Christian Media in South Africa to expose the blackout of the truth about prostitution by regularly broadcasting interviews and debates on this critical issue.
The Daily Telegraph reported (18 May) that ILLEGAL brothels are exploding across Sydney amid accusations all levels of government are doing little to drive them out of business.
It's been claimed "tough" new laws have failed to prevent unprotected sex, slavery and corruption. An investigation by The Daily Telegraph has revealed illegal brothels and escort services outnumber licensed establishments by four to one and the gap is growing.
Click here to read the full article on the website
This is happening despite prostitution being legalised in Australia. Remarkably, this is the same argument SWEAT uses to advance its theory that decriminalisation will solve our problems.
South Africa’s liberal media refuses to acknowledge and report on the hundreds of warnings emanating from across the world about the dangers of global sex trafficking including the explosion of child prostitution and organised crime in nations that legalised prostitution.
Decriminalising prostitution will throw open the doors to pimps and gangs & will remove barriers to crime syndicates & international sex traffickers to operate with impunity in SA.
As a result of widespread media bias, we need your help to get our message heard across the nation that decriminalising prostitution in SA is the equivalent of national social suicide.
HELP WIN THE WAR OF WORLDVIEWS - WHAT YOU CAN DO:
· The Family Policy Institute has compiled a fact-based summary of key points detailing the dangers of decriminalising prostitution in South Africa. Please request this document at
info@familypolicyinstitute.org. · Make copies of this summary and distribute it to your home group/Bible Study, congregation and colleagues.
· Use this fact-based summary for Letters to the Editor and radio phone-ins!
Please pass on this information to every Christian or Christian organisation you know.
“Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.” Ephesians 5:11
To interview Errol Naidoo in your newspaper, magazine or on your radio station, please contact him on 021 – 462 7888 or
info@familypolicyinstitute.org Further reading:
The Battle for the Mind in the News Media - Dr Peter Hammond
Why Prostitution Should Not Be Decriminalised – Marge Ballin
Human Slavery, Prostitution and 2010 – Martin Coltman, Doctors for Life
Useful Contacts:
STOP Human Trafficking Alliance – Chairperson: Corinne Sandenbergh: 021- 886 5652 or stop@connect-sa.net
Doctors for Life – Martin Coltman: 032 – 481 5550 or
martin@dfl.org.za.
www.teensluredtoprostitution.org Africa Christian Action
PO Box 23632
Claremont
7735
Cape Town
South Africa
Tel: 021-689 4481
E-mail: info@christianaction.org.za
Web: www.christianaction.org.za
