Legalise homosexuality, prostitution:God forbid

| Friday September 10, 2010 00:00

The article quotes Rre Uyapo Ndadi, director of the Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA) as advocating for the legalisation of sex work and homesexuality as a way of fighting HIV and AIDS.  Whilst I agree that this particular group of people should be reached and assisted, I completely disagree with the method advocated- legalising prostitution and homesexuality.  I assume that the author of this article (Isaac Pinielo) has accurately quoted Ndadi and shall proceed on the basis that the sentiments expressed are a true representation of Ndadi’s words.

Whilst I do not in any way profess to be having a solution, I would like to caution my beloved country against going for solutions that will be tantamount to playing into the hands of the devil because he is a bad devil.  What is advocated for appears on the surface to be a simple human rights or health issue, but it has far more deep-rooted and serious spiritual implications as it runs contrary to God’s teachings but instead it pleases God’s enemy, Satan.  When we speak of legalising such practices, we are in effect saying as society we should accept and embrace that which is immoral and we are bound to create more harm than good.  This is a taboo to mankind more so to the Creator. Don’t get me wrong, I am not against people who indulge in such practices per se, but rather against the practices being condoned and made part of normal Botswana life.  For all I know the beloved people who find themselves caught up in such practices want a break from them (see page 6 of Daily News of 23 August, 2010). If prostitution and homesexuality were to be legalised, it will be said “Botswana has legalised” or “Batswana have embraced” these practices, which by any standards universally are immoral and are contrary to God’s principles.  I am positive the great majority of Batswana would hate to be associated with such immoral legislation.  According to the article under discussion “preserving lives is to BONELA more paramount than morality... for if lives are preserved, who knows, such preserved lives may later join and conform to certain religious doctrines... and God shall gladly receive them”.  I agree totally that lives must be preserved but I totally disagree that it should be at the expense of the whole nation.

Legalising prostitution and homesexuality would be tantamount to entering into a covenant with the devil thereby giving him a legal right to do as he pleases with us and would mess us around even more.  The practices under discussion are taboo to Almighty God which is why He spells it out on His word, the Holy Bible.  Be reminded that the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were completely destroyed by Almighty God because of these very practices.  If God is the same today, yesterday and forever, (which He is), He can still mete out the same punishment or worse.  Let us be very careful as a nation and not fall into the trap ya gore other countries have legalised and therefore we should not be left out or to look for an easy way out.  Can’t we as a nation think of other alternative ways of addressing the scourge.

About two or three years ago I watched a sad commentary on BBC and it was about a place in Portugal where old and retired prostitutes were living.  They are rejected by society and all those who were interviewed regretted indulging in the unholy profession called “sex work” during their hey days.  They wished they had never indulged in such because they are now spent, rejected, isolated and looked down upon.  In my view legalising prostitution and homosexuality is short-sighted, unwise, ill-advised and would have dire consequences for us, our children and children’s children for generations to come.  So to Ndadi and BONELA I say think of better alternatives.  What you are advocating is simply not an option.  Have you thought of the church of Almighty God whose word is medicine and is life?  Kana the word of God is ready, available and accessible and the church is one place where it can be accessed free of charge.  All it takes is for one to be willing to be taught. Bagaetsho,ke mmualebe.  What do others think?

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