Amnesty International's legalized prostitution push turning off celeb supporters

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Amnesty International, which has long counted on the support of celebrity heavyweights like Anne Hathaway, U2 and Jon Stewart, now finds itself on opposite ends with liberal Hollywood – over legalizing prostitution.
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The human rights group next month in Dublin, Ireland, will consider a new policy that calls for the global decriminalization of sex trafficking. That proposal has drawn the ire of celebs like Meryl Streep, Kate Winslet – and Anne Hathaway – who’ve joined over 400 others in signing a letter from the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) that protests “a policy that calls for the decriminalization of pimps, brothel owners and buyers of sex — the pillars of a $99 billion global sex industry.”
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Taina Bien-Aimé, executive director of CATW, told FOX411 that Amnesty’s move to legalize prostitution would leave an already vulnerable population in even direr straits.
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foxnews.com/entertainment/2015/07/30/amnesty-international-legalized-prostitution-push-turning-off-celeb-supporters/
 
It is pleasure to see when liberalism turns on itself:thumbsup:
 
I strongly suspect that the subject matter of this thread has the potential to quite easily trigger people. If that should inadvertantly happens to anyone here, I highly advise they simply apologize and then immediately turn off their computer and walk away. It’s either that, or it’s sitting there helplessly and watching as chaos ensues. Attempting to apply logic to these sorts of situations is like throwing gasoline on a fire.
 
I think that we should criminalize only the buying of sex and decriminalize prostitution. Go after the johns and allow the women to report any crimes against them without fear of reprisal. It’s an approach that I’ve seen has worked in Norway.
 
Burt_Macklin said:
I think that we should criminalize only the buying of sex and decriminalize prostitution. Go after the johns and allow the women to report any crimes against them without fear of reprisal. It’s an approach that I’ve seen has worked in Norway.
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Burt_Macklin said:
I think that we should criminalize only the buying of sex and decriminalize prostitution. Go after the johns and allow the women to report any crimes against them without fear of reprisal. It’s an approach that I’ve seen has worked in Norway.
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That logic is like the logic supporting the legalization of “gay marriage”, abortion or assisted sucide
 
Prostitution is in fact legal in many predominantly Catholic countries, like Austria, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Malta, Mexico, and Peru. (Pimping, brothelkeeping and profiting from prostitution are however illegal in Brazil, Mexico and Guatemala). The reasoning is if it is legal the women who take part in the trade will be able to go to the police in to report rape and sexual assault without fear of prosecution, as well as reducing AIDS by requiring testing and regular health checkups. Not saying I necessarily agree, but it’s a policy position that is somewhat debatable-unlike, say, abortion or euthanasia.

Interesting you mention Peter Beneson (the founder of Amnesty International) because he was a convert to Catholicism. I’m also not sure if he would agree with AI’s current position on abortion, same sex “marriage” or euthanasia.
 
Why are they thinking of legalizing prostitution? Will the decriminilization of prostitution help stop the sex trafficking?
 
Why should prostitution be encouraged in any way, shape or form? It is completely against the dignity of human persons created in the image and likeness of God, it disrespects His gift of sexuality, and it exploits those who turn to it either for lack of legitimate ways to earn a living, being coerced into it, being an abuse victim who feels ruined anyway so thinks to turn the tables by making money - and many more reasons that should be addressed in a positive and healing way, rather than by enabling this exploitation to continue. :mad: In short, it is of the Culture of Death, it is darkness and evil, not light and good.

Moreover, it gives the johns an outlet for their baser desires instead of challenging them to be pure and chaste. And do they ever think, what if that was their mother, sister, daughter, aunt, doing that? How insensitive and callous to be able not to think and care but merely to use for one’s own gratification. Pathetic.
 
Burt_Macklin said:
I think that we should criminalize only the buying of sex and decriminalize prostitution. Go after the johns and allow the women to report any crimes against them without fear of reprisal. It’s an approach that I’ve seen has worked in Norway.
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So the guy can buy sex so long as the girl doesn’t complain?
If he doesn’t leave a big enough tip she can turn him in, right?
What if he bought the girl dinner etc in lieu of a cash payment?

The only half step that makes sense is to make pimping illegal.
 
Theo520 said:
So the guy can buy sex so long as the girl doesn’t complain?
If he doesn’t leave a big enough tip she can turn him in, right?
What if he bought the girl dinner etc in lieu of a cash payment?

The only half step that makes sense is to make pimping illegal.
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The problem is that in the United States, a nation where legal precedence is used in future laws, this sets up a bad one.

You can then say, it’s not illegal to sell drugs or illegal weapons, only to buy them.

This is just a good idea. Any time you legalize sin, you are asking for trouble.
 
phil19034 said:
The problem is that in the United States, a nation where legal precedence is used in future laws, this sets up a bad one.

You can then say, it’s not illegal to sell drugs or illegal weapons, only to buy them.

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People who have bought and sold drugs are now running for President of the USA. It is usually the common man who gets thrown in prison for doing such.

I suspect it might be true of other crimes such as prostitution.
 
It said Amnesty would make a “serious mistake” if it advocated the decriminalisation of prostitution - a decision the group’s international council will vote on later on Tuesday.
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It’s not just The Guardian that is upset. Several women’s groups have got together with a host of big-name actresses - including Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet - to criticise Amnesty after a draft of its policy proposal was leaked.
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Former US President Jimmy Carter has also urged Amnesty to be very careful before it changes its stance.
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bbc.com/news/world-33850749
 
I hate these progressive ideas that want to say “this is a human right”, we don’t want the victims of prostitution to suffer needlessly but we shouldn’t be aiding it in any way either.
 
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