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WELCOME ONE AND ALL TO "THE LATE SHOW."

I'M YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT.

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) HOW WAS EVERYONE'S WEEKEND?

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) HAVE A GOOD ONE?

MINE WAS GREAT.

I WAS DOWN IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

REALLY RELAXING.

NO INTERNET.

THEY DON'T HAVE IT THERE YET.

( LAUGHTER ) BUT I HEARD THERE WAS AN ARTICLE

ABOUT CBS CHAIRMAN AND MAN I HOPE ISN'T WATCHING TONIGHT'S

MONOLOGUE, LES MOONVES.

( LAUGHTER ) WHERE WAS THE ARTICLE?

>> "THE NEW YORKER."

>> STEPHEN: QUALITY PUBLICATION.

WAS IT ONE OF THOSE CARTOONS?

TALK OF THE TOWN?

WAS IT A SHOUT OR A MURMUR?

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, WHO WROTE IT?

>> "THE NEW YORKER" ARTICLE BY RONAN FARROW.

( LAUGHTER ) >> STEPHEN: THAT'S NOT GOOD.

( LAUGHTER ) ( PIANO RIFF )

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) RONAN ISN'T EXACTLY KNOWN FOR

HIS PUFF PIECES ABOUT GLAMPING.

OKAY, WELL, I GUESS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS SO, JIM?

>> SIX WOMEN WHO HAVE PROFESSIONAL DEALINGS WITH HIM

, LESLES MOONVES, TOLD ME THAT BETWEEN THE 1980S

AND THE LATE 2000S, MOONVES SEXUALLY HARASSED THEM, FOUR

DESCRIBED FORCIBLE TOUCHING OR KISSING IN BUSINESS MEETINGS IN

WHAT THEY SAID APPEARED TO BE A PRACTICED ROUTINE.

>> STEPHEN: WELL, YOU KNOW THE OLD SAYING: HOW DO YOU GET IN A

RONAN FARROW ARTICLE?

PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE.

( LAUGHTER ) IS THIS JUST THIS AFTERNOON?

THIS HAPPENED MOMENTS AGO.

THIS CBS BOARD MET TODAY AND ANNOUNCED THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS

OF HIRING OUTSIDE INVESTIGATORS.

I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY'RE OUTSOURCING THIS, THEY COULD

JUST USE THE CAST OF THE NEW CBS PROCEDURAL, "CSI: CEO."

( LAUGHTER ) I'LL HAVE MORE TO SAY ON THIS

LATER OVER THERE, ASSUMING WE MAKE IT PAST THE COMMERCIAL

BREAK.

( LAUGHTER ) THERE'S ALSO ALLEGATIONS AGAINST

SOMEBODY I DON'T WORK FOR.

BECAUSE LAST WEEK WE LEARNED THAT "KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE

ALLEGEDLY LEFT FOX NEWS AMID ACCUSATIONS OF SEXUAL

MISCONDUCT."

SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.

YEAH.

THE BEST NEWS OF THE DAY IS THAT WOMEN CAN ALSO BE GUILTY OF

SEXUAL HARASSMENT.

WHAT A TRAILBLAZER!

YOU GO, GIRL!

( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )

YOU GO!

SERIOUSLY, SERIOUSLY -- SERIOUSLY, YOU SHOULD GO.

( LAUGHTER ) ACCORDING TO MULTIPLE SOURCES AT

FOX NEWS, "GUILFOYLE'S BEHAVIOR INCLUDED SHOWING PERSONAL

PHOTOGRAPHS OF MALE GENITALIA TO COLLEAGUES AND IDENTIFYING WHOSE

GENITALS THEY WERE."

WHICH IS HORRIBLE WORKPLACE BEHAVIOR AND ALSO THE LEAST

POPULAR EDITION OF THE BOARD GAME, "GUESS WHO?"

( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )

EVER PLAY THAT?

>> Jon: NO, I DON'T MESS WITH THAT ONE.

THAT'S ANOTHER VERSION.

>> Stephen: YEAH.

AND THIS STORY BECOMES WAY MORE INTERESTING WHEN YOU KNOW THAT

GUILFOYLE IS CURRENTLY DATING "PRESIDENTIAL SON AND MAN

REACTING TO HIS GIRLFRIEND'S PHOTO COLLAGE, DONALD TRUMP,

JR."

WHICH MEANS, AND BRACE YOURSELVES FOR THIS, THERE'S A

CHANCE GUILFOYLE WAS FORCING PEOPLE TO LOOK AT DON'S...

JUNIOR.

( LAUGHTER ) I HEAR THE CARPET IS AS GELLED

AS THE DRAPES.

( LAUGHTER ) ( PIANO RIFF )

STRAIGHT -- STRAIGHT BACK.

BUT THE HUGE NEWS WAS THAT MICHAEL COHEN CLAIMED THAT TRUMP

NOT ONLY KNEW IN ADVANCE ABOUT THE INFAMOUS 2016 TRUMP TOWER

MEETING, BUT THAT HE ALSO APPROVED GOING AHEAD WITH THE

MEETING.

WHAT A SHOCKER.

( LAUGHTER ) IT'S LIKE THE ENDING OF "THE

SIXTH SENSE" WHERE BRUCE WILLIS FINALLY NOTICES HALEY JOEL

OSMENT'S "I'M WITH DEAD GUY" SHIRT.

( LAUGHTER ) BECAUSE THIS WAS SO OBVIOUS,

IT'S THE COVER OF THIS WEEK'S "IT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU THOUGHT"

MAGAZINE.

( LAUGHTER ) BUT EVEN IF THIS IS OBVIOUS,

IT'S STILL A BIG DEAL.

THIS IS WHOLE BALL OF WAX, BECAUSE THAT'S KNOWINGLY

RECEIVING HELP FROM A HOSTILE FOREIGN POWER TO INFLUENCE OUR

ELECTION.

( AUDIENCE REACTS ) YOU WERE A LITTLE LATE ON THAT,

BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OF COURSE, INFORMATION MAKES TRUMP MAD, AND THIS WEEKEND, HIS

THUMBS TOOK HIS ANGER OUT ON TWITTER 'CAUSE HE CRANKED OUT 35

TWEETS.

( AUDIENCE REACTS ) YEAH.

SO PROLIFIC.

HE'S THE STEPHEN KING OF THE HORROR STORY WE LIVE IN.

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) A LOT OF DIFFERENT SUBJECTS.

A LOT OF DIFFERENT SUBJECTS.

( APPLAUSE ) ( PIANO RIFF )

LOT OF DIFFERENT SUBJECTS, BUT A LOT OF IT WAS CHAFF, LIKE

THIS: "WOW, HIGHEST POLL NUMBERS IN

THE HISTORY OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

THAT INCLUDES HONEST ABE LINCOLN AND RONALD REAGAN.

THERE MUST BE SOMETHING WRONG, PLEASE RECHECK THAT POLL!"

OKAY, WE DID!

TURNS OUT, PRESIDENTIAL POLLING DIDN'T START UNTIL 1935.

( LAUGHTER ) SO, OF COURSE, LINCOLN DID

BADLY.

WHO WANTS TO VOTE FOR A GUY WHO'S BEEN DEAD FOR 70 YEARS?

ME, IF HE'S RUNNING AGAINST TRUMP IN THE NEXT ELECTION.

DEAD ABE 2020: MAKE AMERICA GRAVE AGAIN.

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) TWEETS WEREN'T THE ONLY WAY

TRUMP FOUGHT BACK-- HE ALSO UNLEASHED TRUMP ATTORNEY AND MAN

WATCHING THEM OPEN THE ARK OF THE COVENANT, RUDY GIULIANI.

( LAUGHTER ) SO IT'S GIULIANI VERSUS COHEN,

AND AS ALISYN CAMEROTA POINTED OUT TODAY ON CNN'S "NEW DAY"

TODAY, THIS FEUD IS A RECENT DEVELOPMENT.

>> YOU HAD SAID NOT TWO MONTHS AGO THAT MICHAEL COHEN WAS AN

HONEST AND HONORABLE MAN.

NOW YOU'RE SAYING HE'S A PATHOLOGICAL LIAR?

HOW IS IT?

>> WELL, THAT'S ABOUT AS UNFAIR AS YOU CAN SAY.

HOW DID I KNOW HE WAS A LAWYER TAPING HIS CLIENT?

YOU TELL ME A LAWYER IS TAPING HIS CLIENT, I GOTTA SAY SORRY, I

MADE A MISTAKE, THE GUY IS UNETHICAL, HE'S A SCUMBAG, HE'S

A HORRIBLE PERSON.

I'VE NEVER HEARD OF A LAWYER TAPING HIS CLIENT WITHOUT THE

CLIENT'S CONSENT.

>> WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S JUDGMENT?

>> HE MADE-- HE TURNED OUT TO HAVE A CLOSE FRIEND BETRAY HIM,

LIKE IAGO BETRAYED OTHELLO, AND BRUTUS PUT THE LAST KNIFE INTO

CAESAR.

>> STEPHEN: THAT'S A PRETTY LOFTY COMPARISON.

( LAUGHTER ) THIS ISN'T SHAKESPEAREAN

BETRAYAL.

THIS ISN'T EVEN THAT EPISODE OF "JERSEY SHORE" WHERE SNOOKI AND

JWOWW WROTE THE NOTE TO SAMMI TELLING HER THAT RON CHEATED

THAT NIGHT AFTER THEY HAD A FIGHT AT "KLUTCH."

( APPLAUSE ) IS WHATT SAYS HERE.

( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )

THEN THEY WENT ON TO COVER THE PRESIDENT'S WEEKEND RAGE-TWEETS.

>> IS ROBERT MUELLER EVER GOING TO RELEASE HIS CONFLICTS OF

INTEREST WITH RESPECT TO PRESIDENT TRUMP, INCLUDING THE

FACT WE HAD A VERY NASTY AND CONTENTIOUS BUSINESS

RELATIONSHIP?

WHAT'S HE REFERRING TO?

WHAT IS IT?

>> BUT THAT'S UP TO THE PRESIDENT AND MUELLER TO

DESCRIBE, NOT PART OF MY LEGAL REPRESENTATION.

>> WAIT A MINUTE, THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

HOW CAN THE PRESIDENT MAKE THIS CLAIM AND NOT SUPPORT IT?

>> BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE TO.

>> WHY IS IT UP TO ROBERT MUELLER TO SUPPORT THE

PRESIDENT'S TWEET?

>> BECAUSE HE HAS THE CONFLICT, NOT THE PRESIDENT.

>> STEPHEN: YES, IF SOMEONE STARTS A RUMOR ABOUT YOU, IT'S

"YOUR RESPONSIBILITY" TO ADDRESS THAT RUMOR.

LIKE IF I SAY RUDY GIULIANI HAS SEX WITH UNDERAGE GOATS, IT'S UP

TO HIM TO PROVE ME WRONG.

RELEASE THE TAPES OF YOU NOT HAVING SEX WITH GOATS, RUDY!

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) RELEASE THE TAPES!

RELEASE THE TAPES!

RELEASE THE TAPES!

RELEASE THE TAPES!

( AUDIENCE CHANTING ) >> Stephen: THAT'S GOOD.

WE'VE MADE OUR POINT.

AT A CERTAIN POINT, GIULIANI HAD HAD ENOUGH OF THESE QUESTIONS

ABOUT THINGS THAT HE SAID, AND HE SAW HIS CHANCE TO EXIT.

>> HOLD THAT THOUGHT, MR. MAYOR--

>> NO, NO, I'M GOING TO LEAVE AFTER THIS ONE.

>> WE'VE SCARED YOU AWAY?

>> OH, YEAH, YOU SCARED ME AWAY.

I LOOK REALLY SCARED.

NO, IT'S STARTING TO GET USELESS.

THE CONVERSATION IS STARTING TO GET REALLY, REALLY PETTY AND

SILLY.

>> REMEMBER WHEN YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULD STAY ALL DAY TO TALK

ABOUT THIS.

>> OKAY, I'LL STAY ONE MORE TIME BUT YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE ME SOME

COFFEE.

>> OKAY, GOT IT.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

COFFEE COMING UP.

( LAUGHTER ) >> STEPHEN: WAIT THAT'S ALL IT

TAKES TO RENT RUDY GIULIANI?

"THIS IS AN OUTRAGE AND A SHAM.

HAVE YOU NO DECENCY?

OH, IS THAT A LATTE?

I'M STICKING AROUND."

( LAUGHTER ) AND GIULIANI ALSO UNVEILED

WHAT'S SURE TO BE AN AIRTIGHT DEFENSE FOR HIS CLIENT.

>> THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE COLLUDING ABOUT RUSSIANS, WHICH

I'M NOT EVEN KNOW IF THAT'S A CRIME, COLLUDING ABOUT RUSSIANS.

>> STEPHEN: "I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT'S A CRIME?"

( LAUGHTER ) YOU'RE HIS LAWYER, YOU'RE

SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHAT THE LAW IS.

( LAUGHTER ) THAT'S LIKE YOUR DOCTOR GOING:

"I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT'S A DISEASE: BLEEDING FROM YOUR

EYEBALLS."

"I DON'T KNOW, WHO KNOWS?" ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

AND HE WENT ON -- EYEBALL BLEEDING, I DON'T KNOW.

AND HE WENT ON TO DESCRIBE THE REAL CRIME.

>> YOU START ANALYZING THE CRIME.

THE HACKING IS THE CRIME.

THE HACKING IS THE CRIME.

>> THAT CERTAINLY IS THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM, YES.

>> WELL, THE PRESIDENT DIDN'T HACK!

>> OF COURSE NOT, THAT'S THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM.

>> HE DIDN'T PAY THEM FOR HACKING.

>> STEPHEN: YES, HE DIDN'T PAY THEM FOR HACKING.

AND I HOPE HE'S NOT PAYING YOU FOR LAWYERING, EITHER.

( LAUGHTER ) HOLD ON A SECOND --

BESIDES, DO WE KNOW HE DIDN'T DO THE HACK?

DO WE HAVE A DESCRIPTION OF THE HACKER?

>> IT ALSO COULD BE SOMEBODY SITTING ON THEIR BED THAT WEIGHS

400 POUNDS, OKAY?

>> STEPHEN: OKAY, SO HE COULD'VE DONE IT.

IT'S POSSIBLE.

( APPLAUSE ) ( CHEERING )

239.

239.

>> Jon: 239, HUH?

>> Stephen: AND IT TURNS OUT THAT "COLLUSION IS NOT A CRIME"

IS THE SONG OF THE SUMMER BECAUSE WE'RE HEARING A LOT OF

IT ALL OF A SUDDEN.

>> I HAVE BEEN SITTING HERE LOOKING AT THE FEDERAL CODE

TRYING TO FIND COLLUSION AS A CRIME.

>> IT'S NOT.

COLLUSION IS NOT A CRIME.

>> WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE, COLLUSION IS NOT A CRIME.

>> AND COLLUSION IS NOT A CRIME.

>> THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS COLLUSION IS NOT A CRIME.

>> STEPHEN: WOW, THEY ARE REALLY MOVING THE GOALPOSTS ON THIS.

FIRST, IT WAS "RUSSIA DIDN'T INTERFERE IN THE ELECTION."

THEN IT WAS "OKAY, THEY DID, BUT NOBODY ON THE TRUMP TEAM MET

WITH THEM."

THEN IT WAS, "OKAY, THEY DID, BUT IT WAS JUST ABOUT

ADOPTIONS."

THEN IT WAS "OKAY, THEY OFFERED US DIRT ON HILLARY, BUT THERE

WAS NO COLLUSION."

AND NOW WE'RE AT "COLLUSION IS NOT A CRIME."

WHAT'S NEXT?

"OKAY, COLLUSION'S A CRIME, BUT IT'S JUST A LITTLE CRIME."

AND THEN IT'LL BE, "SINCE WHEN ARE CRIMES ILLEGAL?"

( LAUGHTER ) "IF CRIMES ARE ILLEGAL, TAKE ME

AWAY."

OH, OKAY!

( PIANO RIFF ) ( APPLAUSE )

SO, WE KNEW ABOUT THE MEETING AT TRUMP TOWER WITH DON, JR AND THE

RUSSIANS, AND THE MEETING COHEN CLAIMS TOOK PLACE WHERE DON, JR

GOT HIS DAD'S APPROVAL FOR THE RUSSIA MEETING.

BUT TODAY, RUDY ACCIDENTALLY REVEALED A THIRD MEETING WE'VE

NEVER HEARD ABOUT BEFORE.

>> COHEN ALSO NOW SAYS THAT-- HE SAYS TOO MUCH-- THAT TWO DAYS

BEFORE HE WAS PARTICIPATING IN A MEETING WITH ROUGHLY THE SAME

GROUP OF PEOPLE, BUT NOT THE PRESIDENT, DEFINITELY NOT THE

PRESIDENT-- IN WHICH THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE STRATEGY OF

THE MEETING WITH THE RUSSIANS.

>> STEPHEN: SO ACCORDING TO GIULIANI, MICHAEL COHEN SAYS

THAT TWO DAYS BEFORE THE TRUMP TOWER MEETING WITH RUSSIANS,

THERE WAS A STRATEGY MEETING, WHICH THEY PROBABLY SHOULD'VE

HAD BEFORE THEY HIRED RUDY GIULIANI.

BECAUSE, THERE'S NO INDICATION THIS PLANNING MEETING WAS PUBLIC

KNOWLEDGE BEFORE GIULIANI BROUGHT IT UP ON-AIR.

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) IN OTHER WORDS -- SURPRISE!

IN OTHER WORDS, HE'S BRINGING SOMETHING UP JUST TO TELL YOU

HIS CLIENT ISN'T GUILTY OF IT.

( LAUGHTER ) "THAT BODY THAT NO ONE'S FOUND

IN THE CREEK?

THE PRESIDENT DEFINITELY DIDN'T PUT IT THERE."

HE'S JUST GIVING AWAY DAMAGING INFORMATION!

HE'S GOING TO BE THE FIRST LAWYER EVER TO HAVE TO TREAT

HIMSELF AS A HOSTILE WITNESS.

NOW, RUDY SEEMED TO REALIZE THAT HE HAD MADE A LEGAL

OOPS-A-COLLUSION, SO HE WENT ON FOX NEWS TO TRY TO EXPLAIN...

SOMETHING.

>> WHY ARE YOU SAYING THAT THE PRESIDENT WASN'T AT THE MEETING?

I UNDERSTAND THOSE TWO MEETINGS THAT YOU JUST SET OUT THERE, BUT

THAT DOESN'T EXPLAIN WHY YOU'RE SAYING.

WHO ASKED IF HE WAS THERE?

NO ONE ASKED IF HE WAS THERE.

>> COHEN IS ALLEGING THE MEETING TOOK PLACE AND WE ARE MAKING IT

CLEAR THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS NOT AT THAT MEETING.

NEVER TOOK PLACE.

(CROSSTALK) DIDN'T HAPPEN.

>> GOT IT.

>> STEPHEN: SO THE PRESIDENT WAS NOT AT THE MEETING THAT DIDN'T

HAPPEN.

( LAUGHTER ) WHICH MEANS IT HAPPENED AND HE

CALLED THE MEETING.

( LAUGHTER ) BUT WHY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT

IT?

>> WE HEARD YOU SAY TODAY WAS THE PRESIDENT WAS NOT AT THAT

MEETING.

THAT ACTUALLY TAKES ON A QUESTION THAT HAS NOT BEEN ASKED

OR EVEN SUGGESTED.

SO WHY DID YOU SAY THAT?

>> BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT MEETINGS.

THERE WAS ANOTHER MEETING THAT HAS BEEN LEAKED THAT HASN'T BEEN

PUBLIC YET.

( LAUGHTER ) >> STEPHEN: I THINK I FOUND THE

LEAKER!

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Voting Is a Biblical Issue - Duration: 24:29.

DAVID BARTON: Into the pulpit you've taken the platforms and

said, "Let's see what they both say." GEORGE PEARSONS: Right.

DAVID: Because God talks about these issues, so let's see what

God says and where God comes down on these issues. And if God

comes down and this platform takes an opposite position, how

can you plant your seed in something that's

contrary to what God's going to bless?

GEORGE: You can't. DAVID: You can't.

(Music)

GEORGE: This is Pastor George Pearsons. We

welcome you. We're so glad that you're here on this very special

Believer's Voice of Victory edition called "Faith for Our

Nation." We're getting ready for the midterm elections, and

everyone who can vote will vote. Amen? BUDDY: Amen. GEORGE: Amen.

We are here with Buddy Pilgrim who is a board member with

Kenneth Copeland Ministries, very much involved in the

political realm, the business realm; and, of course, our

guest, David Barton, a president of WallBuilders. David, thank

you for being here with us. DAVID: My pleasure. GEORGE: And

yesterday, we were talking about the--you were talking about the

Ten Commandments and what we're looking for in the top issues of

what to look for when voting. Jump into that, David. It's

outstanding. DAVID: Yeah. What happens is, in the political

realm--and first off, just to recap yesterday-- GEORGE: Yeah.

DAVID: --for a Christian, you do not have a right to vote, you

have a duty to vote. GEORGE: Yep. DAVID: So it's not optional

for you. GEORGE: Right. DAVID: You will answer to God for what

you do with your vote. It is something God gave you. As

Bishop Butler covered a month ago, it's a seed God's given

you. You're going to plant it somewhere. GEORGE: Yeah. DAVID:

And you better plant it with the right candidate, the right

person. So how do you determine the right candidate? Well, God

has dealt with every single issue a nation will face. 613

laws He gave Israel. But He said, "I've got my top 10. And

here's--here's the most important stuff to Me." GEORGE:

Yeah. DAVID: While economics is--and I don't mean me. I'm

saying God's saying, "Here's what's important to Me." GEORGE:

Sure, sure. DAVID: So while economics and foreign affairs

and immigration is important, religious acknowledgment is

really important. "I am the Lord thy God." First thing you do is

acknowledge God first. So if you've got a secular-minded

person that says, "Oh, no, we have separation of church and

state, and you can't say, 'God,' in public, and pastors shouldn't

be talking about stuff from the pulpit," you've got problems

with that candidate. Right there off the top, you violated number

one. Number one is you acknowledge God. And by the way,

that is religious conscience as well, because acknowledging God

means I have the right to live out what I believe God is

telling me to do-- GEORGE: Yes. DAVID: --in the public arena.

GEORGE: The right of conscience. DAVID: And so the right of

conscience. And if my conscience--if I'm Little

Sisters of the Poor, if I'm Hobby Lobby, and my conscience

says I will not help pay-- GEORGE: Yes, right. DAVID: --for

somebody's abortion-- GEORGE: Right. DAVID: --that's the way I

acknowledge God. GEORGE: Yeah. BUDDY: Which is--which is a very

different thing than trying to force your beliefs on somebody

else. DAVID: You bet it is. BUDDY: In fact, if you're a

Christian and we're forcing you to pay for abortion, that is--if

I were trying to do that, that would be me forcing my beliefs

upon you, but you're just trying to have the freedom to express

your beliefs. DAVID: I just want the freedom to say, "No." BUDDY:

That's right. DAVID: I want the freedom to say, "No." BUDDY:

It's not forcing your beliefs on someone else. DAVID: And Thomas

Jefferson, years ago--in the state of Virginia, they

had--they were so into being Christian that they forced every

single citizen to pay for Christian religion in the state.

They weren't opposed to that. But you had Baptist, you had

Methodist, you had Presbyterians. But everyone was

forced to pay the Anglican religion in the state. And so

Thomas Jefferson says, "To force a man to pay for that is sinful

and tyrannical." Now, if he wants to pay the Presbyterian

church, let him. But you're forcing him to pay a church he

doesn't go to and doesn't--that's it. Don't

make--don't force me to pay for your abortion. If you want an

abortion, I'm opposed to it, I'm going to fight it, but don't

make me pay for it, because I believe, before God, that that's

me participating in taking a human life. GEORGE: Right.

DAVID: And same thing, if I'm Jack Phillips, the baker, don't

force me to use my skills to make a cake for a homosexual

wedding. If you want to buy one of my cakes for a homosexual

wedding, but don't force me to participate. See, that's--that

all goes back to this. So if you get a candidate that says, "Oh,

no, no, you--that's discrimination," no, it's not.

It's me answering to God because I will stand before God. And you

don't answer to God for me. I answer--and we--we know that

conscience, in many ways, has got to be the same on what God

speaks about. But in many ways, our consciences are-- GEORGE:

Yeah. DAVID: --different. And so, for example, in I

Corinthians 8, Paul says, "For me, I don't have any trouble

eating meat offered to idols because I know that idols are

just a bunch of dead wood and dead stones." He said, "But

there's others that they see that idol, and they say, "Oh,

man, that's a false god, and I can't eat my meat offer--" and

Paul said, "It doesn't bother me because I know that that--" He

said, "But whatever your conscience is, do not violate

your conscience." We're told, in I Timothy, that if you sear your

conscience, you've shipwrecked your faith. And so there are

different denominations. And that's why Quaker, their

conscience is, "I cannot join the military. I cannot shed

blood." Other guys are going to say, "Hey, if it's in a just

war, Bible says it's okay." That's fine. If your conscience

says you can't, you go with your conscience. And that's not my

personal wishes. Conscience is based on, "I believe I will

answer to God for what I do." GEORGE: Answer to God. DAVID:

"My conscience is, I don't like paying for gas $4 a gallon."

That's not conscience, that's your preference. Conscience is

what you answer to God for. "I believe that God has made very

clear to me that I cannot do this. And if I do, I'm sinning

against God," that's what you don't mess with. GEORGE: Right.

DAVID: So the--you know, that's the first thing you look for.

BUDDY: Now, understanding those things is why it's so important

for Christians to be engaged in these elections. You gave some

statistics yesterday about the participation in the various

elections and particularly the off-year elections. GEORGE:

Right. BUDDY: And in round numbers, about a fourth of the

population of the United States citizenry is--will vote in an

off-year election like we're having this year. DAVID: Yeah,

so three--three months from now when we have the election in

November, we'll expect probably--if it's statistically

right, one out of four Americans is all that will vote in that

election. BUDDY: That's right. So if we as Christians stay more

engaged than the average person--and we should because we

have a duty to God to be engaged, and if you're not a

Christian, your first duty to God is to get to know Him. It's

not to--it's not to obey all the principles. GEORGE: That's

right. BUDDY: So if you don't know Him, all those things don't

apply to you. If you do know Him, then these do apply to us.

And we have this duty, as you say, to get involved, to vote,

to vote His Word, to vote His principles. And pastors have a

duty to tell their churches about that as well. DAVID:

That's right. That's right. BUDDY: That's one of the things

I'd like for you to speak about for just a minute is--I know

that you spend--you spend more time than literally any other

person I know, not figuratively speaking, literally speaking,

more than any person that I know talking to pastors all around

this country to help them understand. But there may be

some pastors listening today or some members of the church whose

pastor doesn't understand not only his duty but his right as a

pastor, his responsibility as a pastor to teach this to his

congregation. DAVID: Yeah. Let me address the mentality that's

out there because I--George Barna is a very good friend,

George Barna, huge national pollster. GEORGE: Yeah, yeah.

DAVID: He got a start in political polling. We have used

him for political polling. But he really is a Christian guy

dedicated to seeing what the Christians think and how

Christians respond and trying to get the Church moving into the

right direction. GEORGE: Right, right. DAVID: So, there's

384,000 churches in America. He calls between 5- and 600

churches every day, polling 5- to 600 every day. And he starts

by asking six basic questions. These are six questions that are

non-negotiables of the Christian faith. Number one, do you

believe that Jesus lived a sinless life? If you don't, you

can't be saved. It's--Jesus has got to be the sinless sacrifice

otherwise it doesn't work. Number two, do you believe the

Bible is accurate in its teachings? Well, if it's not,

you can't trust anything in there. Number three, do you

believe there is absolute moral truth? things like this. GEORGE:

Mm-hmm. DAVID: You know, is this God's ten suggestions or Ten

Commandments? GEORGE: Yeah. DAVID: So go through six

questions really simple like that. Does God get involved in

the world today? Is Satan a real or an imaginary being? So six

easy questions. Do you know that 72 percent of churches in

America today say they do not agree with those six teachings?

So you're looking at 72 percent of churches that do not agree

with the most basic elements of the Bible. That leaves you 28

percent that do. Well, that's a hundred thousand churches.

That'll fix any nation. GEORGE: Yeah. DAVID: A hundred thousand

churches, that's a piece of cake. So, I mean, if I could

speak to a church a day for a hundred thousand churches that

they're not--all I'm looking at is years and years and years of

speaking to churches. I mean, that's-- GEORGE: Right, right.

DAVID: --many churches. So you take that and say, all right,

that's good. Let's see how these guys think. So then Barna says,

"Okay, I'm going to focus on the 28 percent." So he calls 5- to

600 every day. And this has been going on for months. And in

talking to that group of 5- to 600 every day, he says, "Do you

believe the Bible speaks to every issue of life?" because

these are already pastors who say they agree with the Bible.

GEORGE: Right. DAVID: And he said, "For example--" Then he

gives 14 different issues. Do you think the Bible talks about

immigration? Does the Bible talk about marriage? Does the Bible

talk about abortion? Does the Bible talk about education? Does

the Bible talk about economics? GEORGE: Right. DAVID: He goes

through the 14-- GEORGE: 14. DAVID: And depending on which

one of those 14 you choose, between 91 and 97 percent of

pastors say the Bible definitely addresses that issue. You're

going, "Hallelujah." GEORGE: Mm-hmm. DAVID: "We've got 28

percent of pastors who understand the Bible addresses

all the things we face today. That is--that is great. 91 to 97

percent." Here is the next question he asked. He said, "All

right, you know the Bible addresses that. So have you ever

addressed that from the pulpit, or will you address that from

the pulpit?" And at that point, 90 percent of pastors say, "No

way. That's a political issue. I will not deal with political

issues in the pulpit." Time out. GEORGE: Wow. DAVID: You just

told us it was a biblical issue. What do you mean it's a

political issue? See, what's happened is we're letting the

government tell us what is political and what's not when

the Bible already tells us. If it's--I'll point out every one

of those 14 issues was there 2,500 years ago. America's only

been here 400 years. It was here before anything was political.

GEORGE: Right. DAVID: So it's a biblical issue long before it's

political. But we got this compartmentalization mentality

in the Church that says, "Oh, that's secular stuff. I deal

with salvation." GEORGE: Right, right. DAVID: No. You deal with

taking care of God's stuff. We talked about that yesterday. God

made us to tend his garden, to--to take the earth, to take

dominion over every aspect. He said, "Take care of My stuff."

And so we have got to get pastors thinking differently.

And that's what we do. GEORGE: Yeah. DAVID: And so when you

look in the Bible, you take any of God's noted ministers--take

Elijah. Elijah gets on top of Ahab and Jezebel and says,

"Okay, you've suborned perjury in the courts, what you did with

Naboth. And by the way, that's a bad use of eminent domain. And

on top of that, you're doing religious persecution with all

of God's--" I mean, they go all these specific policies that

Ahab and Jezebel are going through. GEORGE: Right, right.

DAVID: And then you get Elijah saying, "Hey, I need to help you

on some military issues because you're not understanding what

the Syrians are trying to do." And you look at what God's

ministers did, they were engaged in every aspect of public policy

all along the way. GEORGE: Yeah. DAVID: Their whole job was to

speak to the public arena. BUDDY: So these pastors

say--okay, they agree that the Bible addresses all those

issues, but they don't want to preach about them because

they're political. That's this false concept that you can

segment your life into spiritual things and political things.

DAVID: Mm-hmm. BUDDY: I dealt with that same issue. I

mentioned it on the broadcast we had with Mr. Butler a few weeks

ago, that I knew a man one time who said to me, when I was

talking about praying for a business issue, he said, "God

don't care about the business side of your life. God cares

about the spiritual side of your life." GEORGE: Mm. BUDDY: Well,

that means it would be okay to have a spiritual side and a

business side, a spiritual side and a political side, spiritual

side and a family relationship side. GEORGE: Right. Right,

right. BUDDY: And you can't do that. It's--you can't do it in

those other areas, and we can't do it in the political arena as

well because all of those affect every aspect-- DAVID: Every

aspect. BUDDY: --of our life. DAVID: I'm in Congress all the

time. I just got back just last night from being with dozens of

congressmen and senators. And we were working on a bunch of

issues. And I can point to two U.S. senators that we've dealt

with over the years that one of them is just unabashedly open

about relationship with Jesus Christ. Asked to pray in a

public meeting, will always pray in Jesus' name. Doesn't care who

gets offended. He's not going to back down at all. Another one of

these senators, very open about, "Man, look what was in the

Scripture today. And I got to share Jesus with this guard, and

I got to share Jesus--" just very open. GEORGE: Yeah. DAVID:

And they both vote for homosexual marriage. They both

vote for partial birth abortions. They both vote

against public religious acknowledgments of God. You're

going, "Guys--" GEORGE: What? Yeah. DAVID: "--how do you do--"

They said-- GEORGE: Yeah. DAVID: --"Well, here's my faith, but

here's my job." Oh, no, no, no. No, no, no. No, no, no. No, your

faith has to drive all the way through every aspect of your

life. GEORGE: Yes. DAVID: And so compartmentalizing your faith is

unacceptable to God. He will not accept that excuse. He expects

you to live by His standards in everything you do. And so that's

part of what these pastors are doing, is picking and choosing

where to apply God's Word. And you can't do that. BUDDY: No. It

would be like saying, "It's not okay for me to lie in my

personal life, but it's okay for me to lie--" DAVID: That's

right. BUDDY: "--on the job." DAVID: You can't do that. BUDDY:

I mean, I deal with that in the teachings that I do in business

all the time. GEORGE: Yes, exactly. BUDDY: You know, well,

if I didn't separate these things out, it's okay to cheat

somebody at work as long as I don't cheat somebody in my

personal life. DAVID: Well, that's exactly it, because

business, "Well, it's my business." The same with job

here. Wait a minute. God says, "Don't shed innocent blood."

Senator says, "Well, I didn't kill anybody." "But you voted

for abortion." "Yeah, but that's my job." No, no, no. You're

shedding innocent blood. You may not have been the one to put the

knife there, but you're the one who told the doctor to put the

knife there. And you can't do that. I mean, you just can't do

that. And so that aspect, you cannot compartmentalize. So what

we're facing this election is the tendency for Americans

particularly to compartmentalize what they do in politics--

GEORGE: Yeah. DAVID: --and say, "Oh, party. I'm going with the

party." No. What you've got to go with is--and we talked about

it yesterday--God's top 10 issues. And there's going to be

40 or 50 issues in this election. What you're looking at

is top 10 now. We're told, in Proverbs 14:34, that

righteousness exalts a nation. And that's public policy. When

you have the right kind of public policy, God will exalt a

nation even if you get the wrong kind of leaders. And I say that

because you can have a Nebuchadnezzar who is not God's

man--and God made real--and Cyrus, it said Cyrus did not

know God. GEORGE: Exactly. DAVID: But he took steps that

God blessed. GEORGE: Yeah. DAVID: So you can have a leader

whose moral character is flawed that does things that God will

absolutely bless. And the tendency Americans have is they

can compare--they--they confute the leader with the policy. And

I will say, you know, Trump, Stormy Daniels, all the scandal

that's been going, what he did with foreign law-- GEORGE: Yeah.

DAVID: --aren't fine. That's really bad and reprehensible.

BUDDY: Yeah. GEORGE: Yeah. DAVID: But what he has done with

Israel will cause God to bless the nation. BUDDY: Yeah. GEORGE:

Yes. DAVID: What he has done with pro-life will cause God to

bless the nation. BUDDY: Yes. GEORGE: Mm-hmm. DAVID: What he

has done with the righteous judges will cause God to

bless--I'm not talk--I'm not endorsing his private life. I'm

telling you, God will use flawed people to do the right things.

And what you want to look at is policy and not-- GEORGE: Yeah.

DAVID: --character on those individuals. Not that we ignore

character. We don't ignore the character or condone it. But

when you have a choice of leaders, what you do is look at

their positions. BUDDY: And in the--in the--the November

election in particular, not necessarily in the primaries

where you may have had four or five different-- DAVID: That's

right, that's right. BUDDY: --candidates running for an

office-- DAVID: That's right. BUDDY: --but in the general

elections, whether it's a presidential election or an

off-year election, it is, by and large--or it is essentially a

binary choice. There may be a Libertarian candidate running or

a Green candidate or blue candidate or a Pink--Code Pink

candidate running. But by and large, the choice in terms of

who's going to win is going to be between two people. DAVID:

Binary choice, there's only two-- BUDDY: It's a binary

choice. DAVID: --two people, that's right. BUDDY: And even if

you don't like the behavior of either one of the two, the issue

is--or of both of the two, you need to look at where they stand

on the issues. DAVID: And, you know, there's no question that

they will try to make Trump the ballot this time. They're voting

against Trump and how bad his character is, and you can't vote

for that. And Christians will say, "I can't vote for that

guy." You're not. You're voting for things like judges. And by

the way, Isaiah 1:26 says the righteousness of a land is

determined by the judges in the land. Buddy, you mentioned

yesterday, taking the Ten Commandments down off that

Kentucky school wall, and this is the--this is the Supreme

Court case of 1980, Stone v. Graham, was done by judges.

We've never had a legislature say kids can't see the Ten

Commandments. We've had judges say that. It was legislatures

who gave us abortion on demand. It was judges. GEORGE: Man,

judges. DAVID: It was not legislatures who gave us gay

marriage, it was judges. BUDDY: Yeah. DAVID: It was not

legislatures who told us the rights of conscience don't

matter, it was judges. And so Isaiah 1:26, God says the judges

in your land determine the righteousness of your land. So I

will tell you that from my standpoint, when I look at

"righteousness exalts a nation," when I look at any federal

election, the first thing I look at is what kind of judges will

you give me-- GEORGE: Wow. DAVID: --because judges will

determine the issues of religious expression, the issues

of marriage, and the issues of abortion. That's determined by

judges more than legislators. GEORGE: Right, right. DAVID: So

as I look at judges, I will say, "You know what? We have 165

federal judicial vacancies on the court right now. Somebody's

going to fill that, and it's going to be U.S. senators with

President Trump." I will tell you that President Trump, so

far--and he's made about 80 nominations to the federal

courts. GEORGE: Mm-hmm. DAVID: I have not found a single

nomination that I would object to. And I have a really high

standard-- GEORGE: Yeah, you do. DAVID: --as a Christian and a

Constitution-- GEORGE: Yeah. DAVID: I will say a bunch of the

guys that I have worked with for years are now sitting on the

court that Trump has put in there. I'm going, "Wow. Don't

know what his private life--" Well, I do know what his private

life was like. But we-- BUDDY: It hadn't been private enough.

DAVID: That's right. I'll also point out that's years--that's

years ago. What we know in recent years is not the same

thing. GEORGE: Yeah. DAVID: And so if we want to say he's had a

change, that's great, because we don't know that--anything going

on now--they're all pointing backwards. But nonetheless, it

doesn't change the fact that he's pointing--appointing judges

that will bring righteousness to the land. GEORGE: Yes. DAVID:

And I'm going to make sure that we keep getting those kind of

judges which makes sure--I've got to keep the Senate

with--with guys that'll do that. And so whoever's running, that's

what you want. BUDDY: When you look at that binary choice in

this fall's election, you're going to have to decide, am I

going to pick a candidate who's going to continue to help him

put those kind of judges in place or one that's going to

oppose it? And there aren't enough pastors around the

country--one of the things I appreciate so much about Pastor

George is he's bold to preach these things from the pulpit.

DAVID: Oh, he's squishy. BUDDY: I mean, this-- DAVID: George

is-- GEORGE: (Laughs) DAVID: That's why we're doing this

program, right? Yeah, okay. GEORGE: Exactly. That's right.

BUDDY: He takes time from the pulpit to teach the difference

in the two platforms. It's one of the things I appreciate

about-- DAVID: That's right. BUDDY: --Brother Copeland.

There's so many people I've met over the years that say, "I

would like to have the blessings in my life and the success in my

life--" DAVID: Yep. BUDDY: "--the overall prosperity in

every way in my life that the Copelands have in their life."

DAVID: Yep. BUDDY: And one of the things I know about the

Copelands is they apply all of the Word of God to all of their

life. They--I--the first time I ever met Kenneth Copeland face

to face was at a political event. GEORGE: Mm-hmm. BUDDY:

I'm not going to tell you what it was or when it was or any of

that. GEORGE: It's a great story. BUDDY: But the point I'm

making about that-- GEORGE: Yeah. BUDDY: --is this man

who--who you see--and you say, "Boy, I'd love to have all those

blessings like that in my life," he lives that out even-- DAVID:

That's right. That's right. BUDDY: --in that side of his

life as well. And--and George does it in what he preaches from

the pulpit. And, George, that's something I so much respect

about you. And you set an example for other pastors and

other churches all across the country. Even this broadcast

that--that you've arranged here today sets the standards for

others. DAVID: Well, I mean, you've taken the pulpit--into

the pulpit, you've taken the platforms-- GEORGE: Right.

DAVID: --and said, "Let's see what they both say." GEORGE:

Right. DAVID: Because God talks about these issues. GEORGE:

Yeah. DAVID: So let's see what God says and where God comes

down on these issues. And if God comes down and the platform

takes an opposite position, how can you plant your seed in

something that's contrary to what God's going to bless?

GEORGE: You can't. DAVID: You can't. You can't. And that's

really where we are this election. GEORGE: Yeah. DAVID:

Throw the parties out the door, throw the personalities out the

door. GEORGE: Yes. DAVID: Find the issues. GEORGE: Yeah. BUDDY:

Talk--I think you should talk about that, George, because

you're so good at articulating how to--how to discern these

issues. You don't tell people how to vote, you tell people how

to go to the Word-- DAVID: That's right. BUDDY: --and

measure the issues. Talk about-- GEORGE: Yeah. I just did that

with the--the platforms. It was a simple exercise, and that was

to take both platforms and look at what the Word of God says.

And I presented--week after week, I did that with abortion,

I did that with Israel, I did it with religious freedom, and just

bringing to our congregation what the Word of God says about

these. And it's--it's obvious that there's one--there's one

political party that leans more towards that than others. And

that's why I'm so thankful that your name is listed in the

Republican platform because of so many thing--I mean, you

brought out so many--how many--how many of those points

you were telling me some time ago? DAVID: On the platform?

GEORGE: On the platform, yeah. DAVID: They tell me I have

the--the record for the most amendments to a party platform

ever. GEORGE: There you go. DAVID: Because four years ago

when we did it, I had 130 amendments. GEORGE: Yeah. DAVID:

And they accepted 129. GEORGE: Yeah. DAVID: This platform, I

had 70 amendments, and they accepted all 70 of those

amendments. BUDDY: Wow. Ha-ha-ha. DAVID: So that

platform--because where I am-- GEORGE: Yeah. DAVID: Look, God's

not going to ask me if I'm a Republican or a Democrat when I

get to heaven. GEORGE: That's right. DAVID: God's going to ask

me, "Where did you stand on Israel? Where did you stand on

judges? Where did you stand on life, on marriage?" And so that

is a party that is friendly to my values that I can get in and

do something with. GEORGE: Right. Right. DAVID: I hope the

Democrats some day get to the point where we can have a fight

over who has the most Christian candidates. GEORGE: There you

go. (Laughs) DAVID: But at this point, that's not--that's not

the situation. GEORGE: Yep. DAVID: At this point, it was

just a couple platforms ago in their convention, they took the

word "God" all the way out of their platform. You could not

find the word "God" in their platform. BUDDY: That's right.

DAVID: You know, there's a YouTube of them trying to put

"God" back in and all the booing that happened and-- BUDDY: Yeah.

GEORGE: Yep. DAVID: You look how many times we put "God" in that

platform, we-- GEORGE: I counted it. DAVID: We openly acknowledge

God. GEORGE: I did. I did. DAVID: And, you know, so, again,

I work within the Republican party because it's friendly to

my values, which, interestingly enough, right now in America,

the best indication of whether someone will vote Democrat or

Republican is how often they go to church. And that blows

pollsters away, and that-- GEORGE: That's really-- DAVID:

--blows political people away. GEORGE: Wow. DAVID: Because if

you are frequent a church and if you know what God's Word says

about issues-- GEORGE: Yeah. DAVID: --you find that to be

very friendly. And you find the--you know, told you it's

just in Congress. We had a vote-- GEORGE: Yeah. DAVID: We

had a vote just a few weeks ago in Congress where they said--and

I know a girl I'm about to describe. They were trying to do

an abortion, and she was born before they finished the

abortion. GEORGE: Whew. DAVID: So she now no longer has an arm.

They cut off the arm trying to do the abortion. GEORGE: Wow.

DAVID: But the question is, if you're trying to abort a baby, a

late-term abortion, partial birth abortion, and they're born

before you abort it, do you go ahead and kill them now that

they're on the table, or do you let them live once they're

outside the womb? GEORGE: Wow. DAVID: And we had that vote in

Congress. 100 percent of Republicans say, "No, you

protect that life once it's on the table." GEORGE: Yeah. DAVID:

Only six Democrats said, "Protect the life." The

other--the others, all but six, 98 percent of the Democrats

said, "No, go ahead and kill the baby once it's on the table."

No. Are you kidding me? GEORGE: It is so important that we're a

part of this. Guys, we've got to break here, but, listen, we'll

be right back. So many great things are happening in this

nation. We're going to see a turn coming up

in this election. I'll see you in just a moment.

ANNOUNCER: We hope you enjoyed today's teaching from Kenneth

Copeland Ministries. And remember Jesus is Lord.

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"I like stretching the boundaries in creativity." As tests conducted overseas on behalf of the South African Bee Industry Organisation (SABIO) have revealed‚ the creativity which beekeeper Roland Kennard spoke of on Carte Blanche on Sunday included passing off a sugar concoction as honey.

The owner of Grandis Apiaries in Howick admitted to feeding sugar to his bees - as opposed to letting them feed on pollen - but denied cooking up sugar and lemon juice to simulate honey‚ as claimed by a whistleblower.

His sugary product is sold under the labels Struckmeyer's‚ Honey Bee‚ Asal and another product described only as Natural Honey - "Raw‚ 100% South African Choice Grade‚ unfiltered‚ unheated".

Manoli's Munchies‚ a family business which has five branches in KwaZulu-Natal‚ hastily removed its stock of Grandis Apiaries "Natural Honey" from all stores on Monday morning.

  "The news has come as quite a shock‚" said Manoli's Mario Hajipetrou.

"I've instructed my store managers to refund anyone who returns that honey.

"We knew we were getting the honey at a good price‚ via a third party‚ but we trusted the product was as pure as stated on the label‚" he explained.

"This has been a very big wake-up call." Retailers' "extreme focus" on high margins and low cost products‚ together with insufficient product due diligence‚ has allowed fake honey to proliferate‚ says Craig Campbell‚ SABIO board member and MD and chief beekeeper at Peel's Honey of Howick.

"Fake and adulterated honey makes its way to the shelves of trusted retail chains and even into in-house brands and private label bottles.

"And retailers are clearly not promoting compliance with food labelling regulations which is evident from some honey labels blatantly not complying with labelling regulations." Many do not indicate countries of origin‚ for example‚ he said.

"All that makes it impossible for even a reasonably circumspect consumer to understand or appreciate what they are purchasing‚" Campbell said.

  Some companies use the words "Packed in South Africa" to fool consumers into believing they're buying local honey‚ when in fact it's imported from China‚ which is infamous for honey adulteration.

The Shoprite Group told TimesLIVE it does not stock the honey products identified in the Carte Blanche exposé as adulterated honey.

"And we have written confirmation from the supplier of our private label product‚ The Kitchen‚ that the honey supplied is authentic and adheres to the regulations that govern honey in South Africa." The problem is that testing for added sugar in honey is neither simple nor cheap.

While honey is nutritionally superior to sugar - it's high in antioxidants for example - chemically‚ it's very similar to white sugar and high fructose corn syrup.

Phil Walker‚ another KZN honey producer and SABIO board member‚ said there were effective tests available overseas to determine whether or not honey had been adulterated‚ but they were incredibly expensive.

  "Honey is an extremely complex substance and only an analytical chemist can fully understand its complexities‚" he said.

Basic testing of relative amounts of sugar‚ water content and acidity of honey can be done in South Africa‚ but to test if the sugars present in honey are derived from plant nectars and collected by bees‚ and not from sugar cane or corn syrup instead requires sophisticated testing‚ which can only be done in labs overseas.

Honey adulteration is fraud on a grand scale‚ Campbell says - it threatens the health of diabetics‚ who can tolerate small amounts of pure honey but not sugar; it undermines the South African beekeeping industry's viability and threatens South Africa's agriculture and food security in general‚ given the key pollinating role bees perform.

"If the Department of Agriculture and Forestry does not take urgent action‚ the South African honey industry will not be able to survive." At one time‚ South Africa produced all the honey it consumed‚ and banned imports‚ but now about 70 percent of honey on the market is imported‚ almost all of it from China‚ according to the Agricultural Research Council.

  Campbell is calling for the formation of a National Beekeeping Action Plan that will allow the local beekeeping industry to grow into a competitive and sustainable sector‚ including measures to combat fake honey and the dumping of cheap‚ sub-quality honey imports onto the local market.

"It would provide the basis for growing the value of the local honey market from R3.2-billion to beyond R20-billion‚" he said.

HOW TO AVOID BUYING ADULTERATED HONEY - Buy honey which claims to be produced (not packed) in South Africa - Expect to pay no less than R65 for a 500g bottle of pure South African honey - Use your nose and tongue.

Fake honey does not have the smell of pure honey.

And if it tastes like syrup‚ it probably is.

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