Fully agree that this should be law, but shall have to wait for all the sweethearting "Christians" to tell us how this goes against the Bible.

Lol! Can't wait to hear what the pastors are going to say.

There is a potential flaw in this legislation which will be very hard to correct. The principle behind legislation seeking to protect spouses from being sexually assaulted is civilized and understandable, but what it does not take into account is the alcohol factor. For many couples having a romantic dinner complete with drinking wine is a common preclude to a sexual encounter later in the evening. If the wife decides the next morning that she did not want that encounter then, because she had imbibed alcohol, the law contends that she will have been suffering from diminished responsibility due to alcohol impairing her judgement, and that she has been raped, had sex against her will.To have a sexual encounter with another without their consent or when they are unable to give their consent, due to alcohol impaired diminished responsibility, for instance, constitutes an act of rape. The fact that the male may also have been acting in a state of alcohol induced diminished responsibility is no defence, he is held responsible for his actions even though the woman is not held responsible for giving her consent.
The only way a husband could fully protect himself from such accusations is to never seek to be intimate with his wife if she has had a drink of alcohol. Our law follows British law and this scenario is starting to appear in that country although not in the context of marriage yet as far as I can ascertain.
Some careful thought needs to be given to this legislation before it is enacted. It is a shame that politics in this country does not attract people of integrity and intelligence, with a few exceptions.

By this logic, no man should ever buy a woman a drink at a bar or on a date if sexual relations were ever to follow. This is very bad news for the beer/wine/spirits industry.

I agree that many societies are going down this path of blaming alcohol. In college in the U.S. many guys got in lots of trouble in the morning when girls woke up and 'felt embarrassed'. Many witnessed the girl flirting with the guy, kissing up with the guy, pulling the guy back to her bedroom but in the morning... OMG! Especially if the guy snuck out during the night and she woke up alone - heartbroken by the fact that he may not 'love' her. Traumatizing for both the girl and the boy.

Its simple. If a marriage gets to the point where one has to "beg fi di ting.", or Threats or issued in this regard, or there is duplicity n response, its time to pack up. It's not by force.

Well ........ who created the legal definition of Rape in The Bahamas in the first place??????
That is the place for the legal gurus to begin.............. Too many loopholes in the law.

This may be a hard case to prove. especially if they both live in the same house and sleep
in the same bed. I guess there will be videos and tape recordings presented.

Lol! But if you stream it live for your friends and family to bear witness then you run into other issues. Sounds like a no win for the men.

...legalize prostitution and then men don't have to worry about second thoughts of their lovers after the fact,

Sweethearting is Bahamian prostitution ......... What else do we need??????

Better prices would be good!

Never heared a bunch of hog crap in all my life. The Bahamas is following the rest of the world with this. How weak can we continue to get. If married couples cant agree on having sex together then what's the use of getting married. Mr Johnson, shame on u ! What's next legalizing gay marrage.

When I was in college a male student was invited to his girlfriends’s room. And they started to do what every young couple would do. And then when it got to a certain point the young girl hollers ‘No, no stop, I don’t really want to do this, Stop. But the young man being a roused as young, healthy, natural men are continued to hold on to her begging her to continue. She screamed and after she got free ran and the police came. And despite the young man being fully clothed through the ordeal and his female companion too he was charged with rape. The evidence was he had ejaculated in his clothes. He got a 10 year jail sentence. The girl went on to finish her college career and live free as a bird. So now you telling married med ‘when in doubt sleep on the couch else you might end up in jail with someone else playing with your tail, and ya wife, she ain’t gonna stand ya bail so in jail you stay. Sharing with six other negroes, yes negroes, a pail.

But the feminists are still convinced that women are the only victims when it comes to sex-related crimes in marriage........ both are victims if compromise cannot exist in a marriage ......... Love must trump Law in a male/female marriage............. but what do you make of the other forms of marriage today (same-sex, common-law, polygamy, third-party etc.)??????

The wedding woes admonishes a man to love and cherish his wife. It also instructs wives to SUBMIT unto their husbands. Humans are not like dogs who have to wait to be in heat. They are capable of copulating st anytime . Except the Bible instructs a man not to touch his wife when she unclean. So when a man sleeps with his wife and wakes up with a certain kind of feeling his wife is expected to fulfill his needs. But twisted minds wants the law to tell a wife she doesn’t have to fulfill her marital duties if she doesn’t want and if your husband compels you to be obedient you can send him to jail. So how many marriages will survive after a wife has her husband arrested for rape? And what effect will this have on the children?

It also says thou shalt not commit adultery, but apparently thats OK for all the religious folks here, as God said you could ignore the ones you want. Of course we should also not have sex before marriage and yet somehow 70% of all kids born are out of wedlock in this Christian country. It's lucky we are so religious over here and take the word of God as Gospel, otherwise who knows how much crime and other issues we would have.

The Bible also says , ‘It is better to marry than to burn ‘ (in lust for the flesh. So marriage gives a man and a woman greater access to each other (sexually). And yes there are abusive relationships among married couples. And that is why God in his wisdom allowed Moses to allow for divorce. ‘Because of the heartening of mans heart ‘ either a man or a woman can end a marriage rather than stay and be violently abused or even killed.

So if a man tells his wife he is too tired and falls asleep only to awaken to her 'forcing' herself on him, she can be guilty of marital rape? Right! This is going to be a one-sided issue!!

Once again, ladies, be careful who you allow into your lives. If a man thinks it’s ok to forcefully take his wife against her will, and you’re not ok with that, think twice before you get mix up with him.

And yes, it goes both ways. Gentlemen, if a WOMAN thinks it’s ok to forcefully take HER HUSBAND against HIS will, and you’re not ok with that, think twice before you get mix up with HER.

I agree we need to stop saying issues like sexual abuse, or marital abuse, or ANY kind of abuse is a gendered issue. All that does is alienate people who would otherwise agree that abuse and rape are huge problems in this country.

I don't see why there is such a huge argument on this. We are not a Christian country so who cares what the bible says. 70% of kids are born out of wedlock, sweethearting is a national pastime, murders are always high, crime happens all the time, these are all things the bible tells us not to do. As they happen all the time it must mean that we do not care what the bible says and only do what we want, when we want and to hell with the Bible (unless it agrees with the course of action we are taking, then the bible is the most important item and must be followed line for line).

Exactly right.
A short honest look at history would show Christianity as the greatest threat to reason. Simply take a look at the countries who are "godless". They have the least crime and treat their neighbors with respect.
Couldn't we learn something if we really wanted change.

“unless it agrees with the course of action we are taking, then the bible is the most important item and must be followed line for line”

Dawes - 100% Agree. And when you try to point out to religious fundamentalists that they’re picking and choosing which verses to keep and which to throw away, their opinion miraculously becomes the concrete word of god. But don’t tell them that!

Yep ......... The Bahamas Christian Council is the modern version of the Sanhedrin Council in the days of Jesus ........ and you what they did.