Friday, September 26, 2025
By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS
Tribune Staff Reporter
lmunnings@tribunemedia.net
BAHAMAS Christian Council president Bishop Delton Fernander said this week that although Pride Bahamas is free to host its events, the Council will continue to condemn what it considers wrong.
In October 2023, Bishop Fernander and other pastors staged a press conference at the University of The Bahamas (UB) to object to a Pride Bahamas forum scheduled there. UB chair Allyson Maynard Gibson defended the university’s independence from religious and political influence at the time, while Union of Tertiary Educators of The Bahamas president Daniel Thompson said academic freedom must be protected and the institution could not discriminate.
“They’re free to plan events. We don’t get involved in planning events,” Bishop Fernander said this week. “The challenge was that they were going to use the facilities of UB and use the mechanism through UB to advertise the event. They’re free to plan the events. They have rights. We have rights, and our right is the freedom to speak. And so we thank God that we have that freedom, and we will always speak up when we see wrong.”
Pride Bahamas announced on Facebook that it will celebrate its sixth anniversary from October 7 to 13 under the theme Be Bold, Be You, Live With Pride. The group said the week-long programme will include workshops, panels, parties, and a human rights march, open to LGBTQI+ people, allies, and supporters.
“We’re proud to celebrate six years of Pride Bahamas — six years of love, resilience, visibility, and unity within The Bahamas’ LGBTQI+ community,” the group wrote. “What started as a spark has become a powerful movement. Together, we’ve created safe spaces, sparked vital conversations, and stood in the truth of who we are. This year, we continue to rise — louder, prouder, and stronger than ever.”
Comments
quavaduff says...
For working for improved mental health of all Bahamians, I salute Bahamas Pride. The hate has to stop.
Posted 26 September 2025, 9:56 a.m. Suggest removal
bahamianson says...
It is not hate, just a difference in opinion. I disagree with sweethearting . I do not hate the sweethearters. Just because a person disagrees with someone , doesn’t mean he/she hate them. Keep it straight .
Posted 26 September 2025, 11:46 a.m. Suggest removal
DWW says...
thats the point, you don't have to be straight!
Posted 26 September 2025, 12:26 p.m. Suggest removal
ExposedU2C says...
The bigger issue is that many 'proud' members of the LGBTQI+ movement around the world believe it is "their right to be supportive of the right" of young children to determine for themselves whether they should be regarded as "gay" or "straight", or even transgendered, without any involvement of the parents or guardians. Not good!
Posted 26 September 2025, 7:02 p.m. Suggest removal
hrysippus says...
These religious people are so selective on what they find a need to comment on and/or condemn. What does the good bishop have to say on this one given just 8 short verses before the one that he seems wont to cite; "Leviticus 20:10 states: "If a man commits adultery with another man's wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death".
Posted 26 September 2025, 2:36 p.m. Suggest removal
TalRussell says...
**I ask in this Public Forum,** the Question to the president of (BCC)? ....**"It is what unforgivable sin it is”....that "you" can't tolerate??".....Yes?
Posted 26 September 2025, 4:05 p.m. Suggest removal
joeblow says...
... humans are created by God with the will to choose! All choices have consequences, some of which are natural (physical) and others are spiritual! Those who are unaware of spiritual laws are likely to advocate for any behavior of their choosing; those who know, choose better! The global lack of commonsense we see is a spiritual consequence of violating Gods laws and as people continue to do so, things will only get worse! People in this nation had a lot more commonsense even though they may not have had a lot of education, and it is because people had a modicum of respect for Gods laws and ways!
Posted 26 September 2025, 4:49 p.m. Suggest removal
hrysippus says...
Hi Holier than you joeblow, have you eaten any bacon recently? Or conch? Crab? All in violation of God's Holy Laws? Pls note: "In Leviticus 11:7-8, it is stated that the pig is considered unclean because it has a divided hoof but does not chew the cud. Therefore, you must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.
Posted 26 September 2025, 5:59 p.m. Suggest removal
joeblow says...
... Jesus is the fulfilment of the law. I doubt that you know what that means as you are stunningly ignorant of these matters and your pomposity is suggestive of an unwillingness to learn, so I leave you to your devices! All have sinned, but not all habitually practice and revel in sin. Be well!
Posted 27 September 2025, 12:02 p.m. Suggest removal
ExposedU2C says...
The original text of Leviticus Chapter 20 Verse 13 in the King James Version of the Bible (dating back to the year 1611), reads as follows with archaic English spelling:
*"If a man also lie with mankind, as hee lyeth with a woman, both of them haue committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shalbe vpon them."*
Posted 26 September 2025, 7:20 p.m. Suggest removal
hrysippus says...
Hi SexposedU2C. Please note that Christians claim to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ had absolutely nothing to say about anyone's sexual orientation. The pre-occupation of so many "Christian religious bigots" on this narrow, irrelevant subject speaks volumes about the repressed fears and desires of those who so stridently and public ally express them. Tell me please about your relationship with your mother, hmmm>
Posted 26 September 2025, 8:01 p.m. Suggest removal
ExposedU2C says...
Suggest you read Matthew 19:4-6 and then reflect on your bigotry towards Christians.
Posted 26 September 2025, 8:43 p.m. Suggest removal
hrysippus says...
I have no bigotry towards Christians, but thank you anyway. My only bigotry is reserved towards "Bigots", are one such? Do you attend a church but still eat pork and conch, maybe even lobster? Let me please answer my own question; of course you do, but you will still discern no problem in your outlook. OK. Good luck and God Bless you; because you're gonna need it if you are not, by chance, an AI bot responding......sigh.
Posted 26 September 2025, 8:59 p.m. Suggest removal
birdiestrachan says...
GOD LOVES ALL
JESUS DIED FOR ALL
SO WE ALL STAND AT THE JUDGMENT SEAT AND A MERCIFUL AND JUST GOD WILL JUDGE ALL OF US
Posted 28 September 2025, 10:34 a.m. Suggest removal
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