More Smoke!!!! More Mirrors!!!

And which ass gern to vote on anything brought forward by this incompetent government again???? At the end of the day, they are gonna do whatever they feel and not give a damn about the people wishes anyhow. The next time I go to a poll it would be to vote the PLP out!!!

There is still too much smoke and suspicion around these bills for persons to understand their intention purpose. Many Bahamian women will not vote in favor because their Christian principles teaches them that man is head of the household and consequentially the women. And there is no suppression in this country. A large number of men will not be voting period because they don't want to be held responsible for changing laws that will open up doors to other controversies and those who vote , except gays, will vote against it. The country is just not ready for this legislation. Maybe in another 5 - 10 years. Of course there are external forces pushing for the passage of these bills. Will they use the opening of Cuba to force passage? The US already has 110 daily flights planned to that island country. But will they get the Cuban government to pass these same laws?

**......... Bahamians want referendum on Article 7 not this gender equality sissy bill .............**

PLP continue ignoring the will of the electorate in pursuit of their own selfish gains while the country at large goes down the toilet.

Bahamians are concerned with the country being overrun by Haitians that are destroying our country using flaws in the constitution to gain citizenship.

Gender equality has its merits, however it is not a pressing issue negatively affecting present and future generations of Bahamians!

Bahamas, my God, the slaves were emancipated in 1834, women got the vote in 1962. 54 years later and women are not equal within our constitution. Much of the violence against women is perpetuated because women are not valued. Because of the decay in social fabric and the disintegration of the nuclear family, women are the head of the majority of households, will these women vote to stay unequal? I wish the educated populace would procreate faster. We are drowning in ignorance. The world is changing around us. Why are we behind the 8 ball with everything? Bahamas are we ready to throw another million dollars down the drain? I think that was the price tag of the referendum on gaming that was emphatically denied. No one trusts this PLP government. Have they given us even one reason to?

I suggest yall read that Tribune commentary by COB Prof Ian Bennett on ............#support the puff

Right on point, I cannot believe that Bahamian women would do themselves such a disservice a second time despite the misogynistic fervor that seems to motivate our men, particularly black men.
This is not about gay rights or marriages, its about wives and daughters having the same rights as men do under the Constitution.
An ignorant and uniformed electorate has and continues to be the major cause of the moral and social decay of this country.

that's why the PLP in power

**Laws are great and they should be in place**. But I don't think a law will change any attitudes. You can't mandate how people actually treat you. Yes legally they can be forced to pay you, **but they will never tell you the real reason why you didn't get the promotion over your neighbour Bob or Marcus**. I spent some time in Canada, the most politically correct place on earth, but I was still subject to racism. You can't legislate people's hearts.

......... those who forget history are bound to repeat it ............... that is why Perry scared to call referendum, convention and election ........... to quote Hubert Ingraham "whoever wins the referendum, will win the next election (2002)" ................ Perry in "bluff mode" now

The vast majority of Bahamians want the sanctity of a 'marriage' between a man and a woman preserved in our country and not torn down for political expediency as has been the case in the U.S. Most countries in our world today and most of our world's total population remain firmly of the view that the institution of marriage must by definition be the matrimonial joining of a man and woman to the exclusion of all other forms of union or companionship between men and women. The very origin of the word "matrimony" is rooted in the word "mother". Equal rights for men and women can be had without destroying the sanctity of marriage by simply changing the proposed constitutional amendments as currently drafted to define marriage as the legal union of a man and a woman to the exclusion of all other forms of union between men and women. Doing so would in no way negate or nullify the "equal rights" deserved and being sought by women in our country today. Sadly though, we have a relatively small (but loud) number of individuals in our society who would prefer to see the equal rights of men and women derailed if they cannot also force on the rest of us a much wider definition of 'marriage' which runs contrary to the essence and sanctity of that important institution as enjoyed from time eternal by 'married' couples consisting of a man and a woman. No one group of individuals in a clear minority in our society should have the right to interfere with the contract of 'marriage' as it has been known and legally defined since the time of Adam and Eve. Allowing this would be no different than allowing someone to interfere with the well protected McDonald's or Coca Cola brands and the legal contracts these companies have entered into around the world with others. Sean McWeeney needs to sharpen his pen and do the right thing by the wishes of the majority of his fellow Bahamians and the free-world, i.e. clearly and unequivocally define the term 'marriage' in the proposed changes to our constitution as currently drafted to avoid the possibility of same sex 'marriages'. Gays and lesbians can have same-sex 'unions', same-sex 'companions', same-sex 'whatever', but not same-sex 'marriages', the definition and sanctity of which the vast majority of Bahamians and free-world want preserved as is. Bahamians are not Americans Mr McWeeney and we need not do everything that Americans do. Get use to it!

Sooooooooo, when we have our Ministry of Tourism marriage promotions ......... do we turn away the same-sex couples?????????? ............. just asking ????????????? ...... That is a big Canadian, European and American social sector now ............ Obie, watsayu???????

Bey y'all acting like gayness ein already goin on round here with nuff dude bungying each other. Whether or not women enjoy the same legal rights as men as they should, gayness always gone be there. Gayness done been around! Y'all could vote no cus y'all afraid of sissy, but the sissy dem is STILL ROUND HERE!!! that's the part that kills me! the sissy dem is already here jhed! Voting against equal rights will not change that.

Infact, i rememeber the Christian Council talking fool bout carnival was gone make us all incestuous (i don't know the reasoning behind that), mean while was one big GAY FEST in Grand Bahama and the CC ein say NOTHING bout that. Bey y'all needs to wake up!

As for the tourist (our bread and butter) imagine how much gay man is be bungying up eachother in Atlantis every night! Bey, y'all is walk round in willful ignorance at ya own expense, and the gays dem still doing what they do regardless

The LAW forbids same sex marriages ........... not consensual same sex relationships