Comments on: Human Trafficking: What Are McCain and Obama Saying?

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:28:14 +0000

“America is not finding the victims because we are not looking for them”
The fact that over a million people are being trafficked yearly and a large amount is here in the U.S. and we are supposedly leaving “no child behind” huh? What people also dont understand is that trafficking by no means is just internationally transported victims. Hundreds of thousands of people are being trafficked within our own states. This has become so catastrophic that it amazes and disgusts me that this is not considered a “hot issue.” WAKE UP! WE MUST INFORM PEOPLE AND MAKE THIS A TOP PRIORITY! Thank you for listening!

By: Larken

Larken — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:06:36 +0000

The issue of human trafficing is intimately interlaced with the issue of prostitution, as Obama mentioned with Pastor Rick Warren at the Civil Summit held at Saddleback Church last week. Prostitution is a serious issue that is covered thouroughly in the current edition of On the Issues Magazine. “In most cities, women are arrested for prostitution in far greater numbers than men who patronize them; there are 20 times more arrests of women in some areas”…”Until johns face stiffer penalties and public shame instead of a free pass and bragging rights, women will continue to be imported against their will or duped to meet demand in the American market and American women, many of them teenagers – will continue revolving in and out of jail, with each fine paid for with a blow job.” Continuing reading: Stop the Traffick: Stiffening State Laws Helps Trapped Women by Sonia Ossorio at http://www.ontheissuesmagazine.com/july08/july2008_8.php

By: Dave Farley

Dave Farley — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:04:56 +0000

I am a Obama Supporter and someone who is sick and tired of the Republican party always getting the Evengelical protestant votes for the past 30 years faithfully.

I think Human Trafficking is an issue that Obama should start focusing on. I live in Upstate, NY and there was a Christian organization called Love 146 that has reached people of faith, liberal protestant groups, jewish voters and Catholics. This would be a great issue for Obama to speak about. It would show how incompetent our administration has been on border security, and it just may be an issue he can win points with a small segment of a voting block that has not been friendly to Democrats.

By: Winifred Beam Kessler

Winifred Beam Kessler — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:35:21 +0000

What are my “feelings” after reading this article? OUTRAGE– STRENGTHENED BECAUSE THE ISSUE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS NOT ALREADY ON THE “A” LIST FOR ANY MAN WHO ASPIRES TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.
A more accurate question is “What are your THOUGHTS-BELIEFS-CONVICTIONS? My answer is that reading about the hesitation of these men to put this issue to the forefront is a REINFORCEMENT OF the certain knowledge and CONVICTION that I have that, until and unless the real freedom-valuing people of the U.S.A., both women and men and people of all races and ethnic backgrounds, remedy the TWO main flaws in the U.S. Constitution (Namely, the refusal to abolish slavery as an institution and practice and the refusal to grant full citizenship to women, this country can not even pretend to be the true home of freedom. If Obama is elected, we will have taken only one step to begin healing one-half of the hypocrisy and serious consequences that we have lived with for more than 200 years.