You cant be surprised by this. You dealing with Perry and his band of merry men.

The Bahamian people do not want or need legal opinions Mr. McWeeney. We all know lawyers are very capable of rendering written opinions to suit the wishes of whomever is paying their bill. What we really want and need Mr. McWeeney is for you to take the 10 minutes required to redraft the bills to unequivocally state in plain simple English that the Bahamas shall not recognize same sex marriages or marriages of any kind except the traditional Christian and morally acceptable marriage of a man and a woman. We really don't want or need any slickly worded proposed constitutional amendments such as those you have currently drafted and would wish to have us support to the detriment of the sanctity of the institution of marriage that the vast majority of Bahamians hold so dear to the Christian way of life. Find another donkey to ride Mr. McWeeney.....the Bahamian people are wise to your ways and the ways of the current government that you so blindly and unquestioningly serve.

The fact is that Bahamian women are treated like second class citizens and this needs to be corrected. The Bahamas is being watched by the United Nations over this point.

It may be that there is a slim chance that the amendment could lead to same sex marriage. Even if we were to take a worst case scenario, and say that it did. In reality how many such marriages would take place, and why should those of us who are heterosexuals be so concerned?

We should be very concerned that our mothers, our daughters, our wives, our sisters, our aunts are all treated as second class. This is a disgrace. My mother, my daughter and my wife deserve to be treated with more respect.

How can we let homophobia get in the way of our mothers, wives and daughters. Keep focused on what really counts.

Like his brother Paul McWeeney, who is now the outgoing managing director of Bank of The Bahamas due to his role played in granting loans to friends of the Christie lead PLP government that will never be repaid and will therefore be borne by the Bahamian taxpayers, Sean McWeeney could not care less about right from wrong and certainly has no respect whatsoever for the Bahamian people and their desired way of life. The poison espoused by Sean McWeeney's misguided intellect over the last three decades even has poor wordy Perry Christie now coming across to the public as a baffling looney tune whenever he tries to wax eloquence of any kind. Too late though for Christie to find any principled advisers....the damage done to him by Sean McWeeney and others like him is irreparable. Those who think they can so easily and deviously manipulate the masses for their own benefit typically end up getting what they deserve in life and after.....

Mr: McWeeney it is a good idea to put this off and off again. Because I am voting NO and I know many others who will be voting no. Immigration has enough problems, and this will only add to the problems, they already have. The Immigration Department is far from efficient. But you sir and your team did a great job.

So, what you are saying, is that you believe that your Mother should remain a second class citizen. That she is not as good as a man. Interesting.

It is worth putting it off if certain politicians feel that tying in the rights of a relativity new minority when compared to the much longer fight of women for equality, is acceptable. The government procrastinated on Women's rights (like everything else) long before the acronym "LGBT" or the organization was introduced to the Bahamas, or Parliament for that matter. To further postpone some of the long and hard fought rights of women by wrapping it in a carefully worded bill is deceptive and wrong. Oppressing one group, for the benefit of another, is wrong.

While I am all for gay rights, I believe it should stand on its own. Otherwise, it will not stand for long. Legal challenges, if passed, to same sex marriage could hamper, more than progress, the movement. Not to mention that the LGBT movement could possibly lose its greatest ally: women.

Opposers to gay rights, align with age according to most US polls, and I believe that the Bahamas is no different. Bahamians are not homophobic, simply stubborn. A lifetime of being taught what is "right" and "acceptable" even if secretly engaged in said lifestyle, cannot be undone overnight or by passing a bill. It will take time. Therefore, the crafters of this bill should accept that gay marriage may not happen during their tenure, or lifetime, but IT WILL HAPPEN!

There will be NO more referenda under the PLP this term .................... PERIOD

sometimes I wonder whether McWeeny is really the prime minister and Perry is the puppet. I be,I've that he is in fact the most powerful man in this country. whatever he says goes. sad.

Two McWeeneys = 1 Perry?????? Thats not a fair equation

I would not vote, the government will do as it pleases no matter the outcome. This is a fact, look at the Numbers vote. The democratic process has been destroyed by Perry them to satisfy their special interests and pay back their investors ( election bank rollers). This has been proven by the legislation they have brought forward and passed. Also by the court orders they have refused to enforce. How a government can hold it's head up and not obey a legal court order is beyond corrupt. There is no democracy in the Bahamas, the only law is the law of money, who can pay to play. That is why The Bahamas is no longer a democracy, we are now a kleptocracy, one vote means nothing, but a bank account or a dollar means everything. Jail time is warranted but that will not happen, YET!