{"id":1458,"date":"2020-02-03T15:35:26","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T15:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/safeplacewithruthgraham\/?p=1458"},"modified":"2020-02-03T15:35:26","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T15:35:26","slug":"super-bowl-sex-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/safeplacewithruthgraham\/2020\/02\/super-bowl-sex-trafficking.html","title":{"rendered":"Super Bowl, Sex, Trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to the Kansas City Chiefs on winning the Super Bowl. They played well and deserved the win. It was a fun occasion watched my millions. But there is a downside to it. Super Bowl night is the worst for sex trafficking. <\/p>\n<p>I was distracted throughout most of the game&#8230;we had dinner with my youngest daughter and their TV is in the basement. When I got home I watched the rest of it but was on the phone with a friend during the half-time show. <\/p>\n<p>But it was rehashed this morning on the news so I got to see the highlights.<\/p>\n<p>The news casters were all in praise of the half-time show. They thought it was the best! I thought it was a disgrace. Yes, JLo is talented &#8211; very. And I know it was notable that the Hispanic population was so recognized. But do we have to showcase pole dancing as a half-time show? Pole dancing, in polite society is vulgar. It is only to stir sexual desires.<\/p>\n<p>Totally inappropriate. Families gather to watch the game. There are parties galore as people sit around waiting the game. But the half-time show was not family friendly. <\/p>\n<p>Shame on us for marketing sex and children on the highest rated night of the year. Why can&#8217;t we have something different? We need to protest to the NFL. 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