Thursday, June 9, 2016
EDITOR, The Tribune.
Congratulations, women of The Bahamas! You’ve thrown the baby (daughter) out with the bath water.
My heartfelt condolences go out to your daughters because now they know for certain that their mothers think even less of them than they do of their wuthless sons.
Shame! I say. Shame!
And lest you think I am placing this burden upon you alone, I can assure you, you are mistaken. The shame being heaped upon you and more can and ought to be laid squarely at the feet of the members of the Constitutional Commission, who drafted of the proposed amendments, and the Government, which approved them. Their collective failure to ensure that the proposed amendments were drafted in such a way as to avoid giving rise to our nation’s xenophobic and homophobic proclivities is both shocking and scandalous in the extreme.
I invite each and every one of you to do the honourable thing and fall on your sword, figuratively speaking, at the earliest possible opportunity.
A BORN BAHAMIAN AND SUPPORTER OF EQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN
Nassau,
June 8, 2016.
Comments
Economist says...
Yup, Bahamian women are second class and like being mistreated. They did as their men told them to do and voted No. Got to wonder if they really need the right to vote.
Probably have poor self-esteem.
Posted 9 June 2016, 5:22 p.m. Suggest removal
cmiller says...
They mad!!!!!!
http://tribune242.com/users/photos/2016…
Posted 10 June 2016, 9:49 a.m. Suggest removal
viewersmatters says...
Why have a CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM if you can't vote the way that you want to vote I voted yes on a question also but the main thing is the majority of ppl said no to all of the bills, reality is most of none of those bills are benefiting majority of the Bahamians so they voted no cause they see no need to vote yes. The ridiculous saying but women are being treated unequal is a whole bunch of nonsense and also played a big role of the failure of these bills and as for their kids it's ridiculous to say they didn't thought about their kids when every Bahamian child is in school receiving a proper education n making their way through college with the help of their parents. Put the blame where the blame is due, instead of focusing only on citizenship calling it gender equality the government should focus more on the Bahamian people putting the people first. The referendum is over and the voice of the people has sounded. It's not like these bills aren't in the Constitutions already they are there and many who applied has successfully succeeded so why can't anyone else succeed.
Posted 11 June 2016, 9:28 p.m. Suggest removal
Economist says...
It is called politics. The Constitution would make it much more difficult to play politics with children's lives.
Posted 11 June 2016, 11:36 p.m. Suggest removal
hallmark says...
@Economist. PROVE IT!!
Posted 13 June 2016, 3:09 p.m. Suggest removal
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