Absolutely amazing! It seems our new government has a definite preference for granting citizenship to all and sundry with little or no attention being paid to creating a business environment conducive to job creation (as opposed to job lay-offs) by the private sector. Moreover, it is our Constitution (and not statute law) that should properly determine and have the final say on who is eligible to receive the most sacrosanct of all of our rights, i.e. the right to Bahamian citizenship!

The ability to prove a child's father through DNA should make this amendment easier to implement ........ But Article 14.1 presents a challenge for men.

If a parent is a Bahamian and can prove that its their child by DNA ......... their children should be given citizenship by LAW........... There was NO DNA in 1973 ....... and the Constitution reflects that ........ But there is leverage for change.

Carl Bethel had better keep one very fundamental thing straight that wandering mind of his that is all too often prone to mischief and deceit. It is the people of the Bahamas, i.e. we Bahamian citizens, who get to determine directly for themselves who is eligible to be a Bahamian citizen. Our elected officials are only able to determine by statute and regulations the terms, conditions and procedures by which constitutionally eligible individuals are to be conferred Bahamian citizenship. This difference here may be subtle and difficult for many to understand, but it is nevertheless a vitally important difference. Put another way, it was always intended that the right and privilege to determine citizenship eligibility should rest **directly** with the Bahamian people, i.e. be reserved directly unto ourselves through our Constitution, as opposed to being reserved **indirectly** by us through our elected officials. There are somethings we simply and rightly do not ever want to trust or empower our elected officials to do - the determination of who is eligible to be a Bahamian is at the very top of that list!

If one has a strong national identity, outsiders cannot come in and disrupt the apple cart. Just saying. Just close the borders.

What kind of people would resist children of their citizens being citizens?

jamaicaproud a question are you in the Bahamas being Jamaica proud or are you in Jamaica
with all this Jamaican pride, It makes a difference you know.

Does it matter? Just be Bahamian proud and stop study the Haitians, its a useless obsession, relax. Never been to your wonderful country and have no interest.

Yardie people come here and try stir up strife, diss us and brag about Jamaica ......... well, if it is so good, why 3 million a yall all over the world like cockroaches?????? ......... Sit small and shut ya ass.

Sir I will show you they respect you do not give me. People migrate and won't stop. You can't stop it, neither can I. Every country citizens promote their country overseas, nothing wrong with that. You guys are too obsessed with immigration matters. Live your life and enjoy your family, don't spew so much hate you will be happy with it. As for strife, I won't be a part of that, I have nothing against the Bahamas, just don't ever intend to visit.

So in other words children born out-of-wedlock will have advantage over children born to a married couple. They can take on the citizenship of their father or their mother, or they can in some instances take the citizenship of the country in which they are born.