The Editor, Sir:

Please hear me, and hear me well. If the Government listens to the advice of that doctor and makes prostitution legal, our nation will pay and pay much more dearly than is happening now. Our nation was founded on godly principles and we have moved away from that, all because we think that we have attained much knowledge.

God did not create sex for sale. Sex was created for the enhancement of the marriage relationship, and for procreation purposes, I hear the learned doctor speaking deceptively about legalising sex workers and the country will earn billions of dollars through tax. He went on to say that prostitution is the oldest profession; that might be so, but he did not know that Jesus had to deliver a woman called Mary Magdalene who had many demons living inside of her; then she became one of the women who followed him on his ministry. She received a new life with integrity and meaning.

A word of advice to the Government and the so-called sex workers. Jamaica has a very rich heritage that is already marred by violence and corruption in all places, family life is at its lowest, our food is running out because the land no longer yields because of the curse of innocent blood. Our children are out of control because of the lack of proper role models. Please don't listen to that despicable talk of making sex workers legal for economic growth; look what AIDS and sexual diseases are costing the Ministry of Health annually. Please encourage our people to work honestly and God will bless our nation again because He is the one who gives the strength and wisdom to do so.

I am, etc.,

CYNTHIA DOVE (Mrs)

West Green

Montego Bay