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.
