A petition 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' has been signed by more than 400 people, including
A-list Hollywood celebrities; Anne Hathaway, Kate Winslet, and Meryl
Streep along with prominent church leaders like Judah Lawrence Couch,
director, National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd;
Rev. Michael Carrion, Evangelical Covenant Church and
National Latino Evangelical Coalition; Rev. Adrian Dannhauser, chair,
Task Force Against Human Trafficking for the Episcopal Diocese of New
York; Major Katie Stoops and Salvation Army.
An excerpt from the letter reads,
"The decriminalization of
pimping, brothel owning and sex
buying, it will in effect support a
system of gender apartheid, in which one category of women may gain
protection from sexual violence and sexual harassment, and offered
economic and educational opportunities; while another category of women,
whose lives are shaped by absence of choice, are instead set apart for
consumption by men and for the profit of their pimps, traffickers and
brothel owners."
Taina Bien-Aimé, executive director of CATW, told FOX411 that
Amnesty's move to legalize prostitution would leave an already
vulnerable population in even dire straits. She also commended the women
for their support and stance on the issue.
"These women just happen to be celebrities but they are women first."
she said "They care about women’s rights and they care about a future
where violence against women doesn’t exist. We’re grateful that leaders
like Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway are standing with women that are
exploited rather than pimps and Johns."
Cammie Croft, the Deputy
Executive Director of the group who spoke to FOX411 said,
“Amnesty International has not
made a decision yet on this issue. It is important to stress that given
that the consultation process is still on-going, no decisions have been made,”
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Celebrities, religious leaders kick against Amnesty International proposed legalisation of prostitution
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