First there was Jews for Jesus. Now, there's Hookers for Jesus. That Jesus...he sure is a likable guy! The Las Vegas-based non-profit organization was founded in 2005 by Annie Lobért, a former prostitute. Lobért tries to provide sex workers with the financial and emotional support they need to get off the streets.
Whatever you think about Hookers for Jesus (after all, some say Jesus had sex with Mary Magdalene, a hooker herself), the organization makes a good portion of their money from the sales of "Hookers for Jesus" T-shirts. While such a shirt may not be a great Valentine's Day gift for a woman, it is perhaps the funniest top a man could ever wear in public.
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Wednesday 30 January
By ME
Hola! Annie and I have e-mailed back and forth and I still think she should write a book! What a wonderful job she's done helping people find a path that works for them and helping them off the streets!
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Wednesday 30 January
By John
Mary Magdalene was NOT a hooker. This is a misunderstanding put forth by people confusing Mary Magdalene with the woman "taken in adultery" (who wasn't a hooker, either, but, rather, simply a woman who was found alone with an unrelated man). Pope Gregory III of the Roman Church made this mistake in a sermon, and the Roman Catholic Church kept on making it until recently, when they corrected this impression. We who are Orthodox Christians have NEVER identified St. Mary Magdalene, who is seen as the second greatest female Saint of the Church, second only to the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, as a prostitute. We have always known that she was a wealthy woman and well-known to the Roman Emperor. And only a few idiots who know nothing about history think she had sex with Jesus. This slander didn't even appear until the 12th Century in what amounted to pornography of the time.
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Thursday 31 January
By Cindy Nelson
As a nonprofit organization, Hookers for Jesus actually relies on donations and grants for financial support. Sales of t-shirts only accounts for about two percent of our financial base. Now, come a buy a t-shirt for YOURSELF for Valentines! Women actually LOVE these shirts!
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Thursday 31 January
By D Goodridge
I don't like the way it sounds.
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Thursday 31 January
By deeceevoice
You need to get your theology straight. Mary Magdalene wasn't a hooker; she was, in fact, a disciple.
Pope Gregory made the whole thing up -- probably, to discredit her and, thus, continue to denigrate the role of women in the Church. The Vatican long since renounced that silly fabrication. Biblical texts, in fact, support the important role Mary Magdalene played in Jesus of Nazareth's inner circle. In some ways, she was closest to him.
Now, whether he had sex with her is something else again. I happen to believe he probably did -- and offspring as well -- but that's another matter.
But, no. Mary Magdalene definitely was NOT a 'woman of the night.'
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Thursday 31 January
By bid
I find it funny people think they can seriously debate this woman's occupation 2000 years after the fact, based on one of the most molested (mostly by European monks, bet they weren't biased) and inaccurate documents in history, the bible. Even if she wasn't a whore, everyone perceives her as a whore, except the davinci code crowd and xtian apologists, so the reference is legitimate. She is known as a whore, so therefore her name being used in this "hooker tank top with a jesus fish" article is totally legitimate. christians and all the other faithful are disgusting to those of us who think for ourselves and reject the ancient lies of our ancestors. The only way to get a Las Vegas whore to quit laying on her back? Well it isn't jesus, it would be in the form of MONEY. So maybe a bucket full of nickels would help? Just use what is in the offering plate, but I think the whores today charge a bit more than scary mary magdalene.
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Sunday 29 June
By TRUTH BE TOLD
Thank you John for being enlightened enough to know the correct information. Glad so many other people wrote in to correct the LIE handed down regarding the misconception that Mary Magdalene was a prostitute. SHE WAS A FAVORED DISCIPLE. An official apology was issued by the Vatican in the 60's for exacerbating this fallacy. The manipulation of information by the medieval church in the hands of the some gave us a legacy of a woman hating, dis-empowering, war mongering world. Lets all strive to correct this.
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Sunday 03 February
By AW
Leave it to the religious zealots to preach. Who cares? They make saints out of anyone and everyone. The title is worthless. The story is about a charitable cause. Keep your preaching to yourself because nobody, and I do mean nobody, cares about your zealotry or piety. The Roman Catholic church should apologize for even existing, never mind calling some woman a hooker.
Really, in the grand scheme of things, does it really matter? No, it doesn't. Go thump your Bible in your closet.
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Friday 08 February
By Chris
The grand scheme of things is this: the fact that you do not believe in Heaven or Hell is not going to make it one degree cooler when you get there!
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Friday 08 February
By bill bendherover
mary was a skank........juses put it in the can then gave her a dirty sanchaze......lol....and left an upperdecker ....lol
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Thursday 14 February
By dave
hookers for jesus.now i have herd it all.what would jesus think. dave
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Friday 15 February
By mtdoom
who knows what mary did...i wasnt around for that. i know this isn't right at all. this crap isn't gonna help prostitutes at all, trying to reform a prostitute is like trying to reform a crackhead...they're one in the same basically.
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Friday 15 February
By sTEF
i don't really like the name, either...but it's got a good message WHEN you think about it. but what if people see it, DON'T know the fish symbol stands for Jesus, and just think you're a prostitite who announces it? i dunno, but i mean, just say something like "Hooked on Jesus" or something. or saying "Catching the Lost" idk.
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Saturday 16 February
By Bobby
We do exist as a strange & almost bizarre society in some ways anymore. The call to a cause is measured by the most absurd theme one can come up with to gain notoriety. I'm not sure if that's the best way to gain attention but if it works I've got a feeling Jesus wouldn't mind. A soul saved is worth the universe for whom it applies...
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Tuesday 19 February
By Dave Billings
To thine Own Self be true , and it shall Follow as the Night as the Day.
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Monday 10 March
By JOE
I guess if the 12 step program works for Alcoholics why wouldn't a program like Hooker's for Jesus work the Ladies of the Night? If they really want too quit what they are doing it will will work for them. As for all you people who think that they are like crackheads that is your opinion and you are intitled to it. But remember this Opinions are like A**holes every moron has one.
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Thursday 19 June
By adult toys
oh, honey! just look at that pretty T-shirt on that girl...
Hm... The boobs are too quite pretty. I must have seen that T-shirt somewhere.
As for those hookers, I'd recommend them to read the Bible, first of all, to find out who indeed Mary Magdalene was.
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