Didn't Perry Christie **just** say he wasn't altering the questions. Is he that out of touch???? It's like every one of his ministers is openly defying him and making him look the fool....

You are so right. it's as if they dont have cabinet meetings and if they do they must be playing footsies under the table. I have never seen such a dysfunctional government in my life. they can't seem to get on the same page and speak with one voice geeez

This debate is OVER ....................... the HOA is in chaos ................. and the Young Turks seem to have really found the BALLS to stand up to Cabinet. Even HAM is riling up Perry!!!!! ............ BOL

This whole process about the referendum has been muddied intentionally and otherwise by those with personal agenda and other motives. And many persons are still ticked off that the government did not abide by the results of the referendum on gaming. To make the results of this poll meaningful the government must do a lot of ground work to gain the confidence of the electorate, and to ensure that there is clarity and sincerity in what it intends to do. Unless and until this is done the poll will be useless and a waste of taxpayers' money.

Either BJ is incompetent as the Government Leader in the HOA or he is throwing Perry and women under the bus ....................... because he is not in support of the Referendum. Damian Gomez is really making his AG and that Office look really BAD ............... he should be fired.

Both Comrade PM's Christie and Hubert didn't have to waste taxpayers millions of dollars and their respective government's time, fooling around with going after some kind of gender equal amendment to Bahamaland's - doing just fine as it is Constitution.

WASHINGTON -- The equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution does not protect against discrimination on the basis of gender or sexual orientation, according to United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia when he wrote:

"Yes, yes. Sorry, to tell you that. ... But, you know, if indeed the current society has come to different views, that's fine. You do not need the Constitution to reflect the wishes of the current society. Certainly the Constitution does not require discrimination on the basis of sex. The only issue is whether it prohibits it. It doesn't. Nobody ever thought that that's what it meant. Nobody ever voted for that. If the current society wants to outlaw discrimination by sex, hey we have things called legislatures, and they enact things called laws. You don't need a constitution to keep things up-to-date. All you need is a legislature and a ballot box. You don't like the death penalty anymore, that's fine. You want a right to abortion? There's nothing in the Constitution about that. But that doesn't mean you cannot prohibit it. Persuade your fellow citizens it's a good idea and pass a law. That's what democracy is all about. It's not about nine superannuated judges who have been there too long, imposing these demands on society."

Recent quotes by government members on the upcoming referendum.
" These are the referendum questions and they will not be changed"
" The referendum questions will be changed"
" I have not seen the referendum questions"
" Maybe there will be no referendum"
Is stupidity the order of the day? Just asking

Wow and double Wow.

*“‘She was our leader in the Elks. We didn’t know what this Mable Walker was talking about.
“We had no idea. But since Ms. Walker said to sign, we signed". Mitchell called that a display of “loyalty, faithfulness and trust”.“**And that is what leadership is supposed to enjoy; implicit trust,**” he said. “The Anglican hymn says our foes press on from every side, thine aid supply, thy strength bestow.”*

"Supposed" to???? WRONG-O!! ** leadership **inspires** trust. Clearly it is impossible to trust the governing party as there are no leaders..."Leader" is not a title, it is a characteristic.

What do we pay these people for if everything has to result in a referendum, u are voted to represent the people, represent them with good decisions without wasting further resources and time on referendums. Issues of equal rights and immigrations should be handle swiftly because the majority of us all agree on these issues. The problem is obvious and as stated above many voices and conflicting statements but no real leadership from the P.M or Opposition. We have bunch of fools scoring political points but nothing gets done. Where is the gambling bill, freedom of information Act, or the enforcement of the laws as a result of the vote of the last referendum. Which brings up the point why waste time with referendums when results are tossed to the side and the will of the people through voting process is ignored.

I must say just from a observation perspective that even with the resolution of these constitutional amendments, if it ever happens. The fundamental problem we have in the Bahamas is the Ignorance. We have a lot of Ignorant people and even with the passage of laws, on the ground level the enforcement and daily living is still affected by the amount of ignorance in the populations. Even with the best laws on the books, without better education for our people ignorance will prevail.

How did the Tribune get inside BJ's jail cell to take the above picture of him?