Bahamians are much smarter than you would like to think Ms Damianos. We may not have much education or fancy degrees after our names but we have a strong sense of right and wrong, a good sense of intuition and have learned to live by our wits. The amendment proposed by Bill#4 would prevent discrimination of any kind based on the word "sex" which means our parliamentarians would then be free to legislate same-sex marriages with the simple stroke of their pen. This is why the corrupt Christie led-PLP government and the detestable likes of Sean McWeeney, Rubie Nottage, Sharon Wilson, etc. have steadfastly refused to draft a proposed amendment that would unequivocally define "marriage" as the legal union through wedlock of a man and a woman to the exclusion of all other forms of union whether they be between man and man, woman and woman, man and sheep and woman and sheep. The Bahamas is not America; we have our own unique culture and identity and the vast majority of us Bahamians want our constitution to be amended in a way that would respect and protect the institution of marriage as we have known it for centuries. Most of us thankfully now know we need to do the right thing and vote a resounding "NO" on June 7th to all four of the proposed amendments given that each of them contains serious flaws of one kind or another that would prove most harmful to our society and way of life.

Am with you

Spot on!

Yeah I'm not that smart, but the smart people on the constitutional committee made change recommendations that were ignored. That's all I need to know.

Ms. Damianos, all I can say is Vote Yes on June 7. we need to put patriarchy to bed in this country. the pastors here against the bills are like the pastors in the US supporting the Donald. they are AFRAID that if women in their congregation actually think they are equal - as the good Lord intended, their authority will be threatened. Time for Bahamian men to Earn their respect rather than expect it because of some flesh hanging between their legs.

The "Green" in @Greentea is presumed to be very much lime green in colour.

**.... The "whizz" Michael Beloff Q.C. will be here immediately pushing gay marriage ....**

“He can grasp a completely new area of law incredibly quickly and then deliver a brilliant performance in court showing complete mastery of the subject matter ***and demolishing every argument the other side puts forward.”***

Thank you for confirming exactly what people perceive would happen. No thanks!

VOTE NO!

No, no, no, NO

Lol. I with you!

Vote No 242 ............ when the Government propaganda spinners answer: Why is there no intention to define "marriage" in the Constitution ...... Vote NO 242 ........ Who cares what Michael Beloff says???????? ............. Don't forget that same-sex marriage is legal in Britain now .......... The letter writer will be right out there with the Rainbow Coalition, the illegals and the baby-mamas, baby-daddies and foreign men on Bay Street to get their rights if we are so stupid to vote Yes on June 7 ............ what kind of Bahamas do you want in the next 100 years??????

Lets face it a very large percentage of pastors have little or no training in pastoral matters and are simply self trained and then giving themselves titles such as Bishop and so forth. As such they equate the ability to scream and shout from the alter using well worn biblical quotes as justifying their biased , controversial and often incorrect statements. How can some self taught pastor or a pastor who gained his credentials by mail ever hope to equal the training and by way of extension the ability to make educated comments, gained by years of study by Anglican or Catholic ministers ?

Please, let's not bring Catholic priests into the fray caused by this most controversial subject. After all, they have plenty enough of their own problems caused by decades of pedophiliac activities kept covered up by the Vatican, which activities are sadly still going on today!

They persecuted God's prophets the same way thousands of years ago

Sweet girl, I find this letter very offensive. You keep calling Bahamian citizens who have a right to their opinion even though it may differ from yours: arrogant, paranoid, homophobic, obsessive, myopic, and unreasonable. We will show you at the polls come June 7, 2016!

Ya darned right! #VoteNO #KilltheBills