@ rachelg, you make valid points but u miss the larger issue.. We exist in a lawless Country, where the rule of law is not being enforced with consistency, people are being robbed, raped, murdered in large numbers.. An influx of illegal immigrants are flowing into the country.. We have government corruption and mismanagement on all levels. We have irresponsible behavior among the population with the irresponsible breeding, i know guys with 1-10 + kids who don't pay child support or take care of them.. My brother is one of them, i curse him out all the time for this. We have a poorly ran educational system full of kids that come from the environment i just mentioned.. I can go on for days, we don't have the luxury to focus on certain issues until the Rule of Law is enforced and the majority of the corruption and irresponsibility comes under control.. If we don't get this under control we will be like Haiti & nobody wants to live or vacation in Haiti.

A vote of no confidence should occur with Mitchell, is he not the Minister in charge of immigration and Foreign Affairs.. Or is he the Minister of LGBT.. Last I checked illegal immigration was running ramped and a epidemic of lawlessness exist on our seas.. It would same that he should not have the time to take up this issue. Dr. Munroe is a private citizen he can say whatever and write whatever, Mitchell is prolonging this nonsense..

Good point..

Religion is a private matter, the laws of the country are not, in a free society, as long as u r obeying the laws and not causing harm to others or children, everyone should keep there religion and sexual orientation in there house.. If gay people want contract marriage give it to them, but a church should not have to entertain marrying gay people or grant religious wedding to them.. Besides, other than the benefits of contract marriage with the state, no other rights are denied to gay people.. Lastly there are very serious problems going on in this country and for Mitchell and Munroe to dedicate all this effort to this wasteful dialogue is b.s. How about u 2 focus some time on corruption, crime, mismanagement, illegal immigration, bastard children every where (which adds to Crime problem), or just plain ignorance.. Nobody is walking down East Street worrying about being robbed by some LGBT person..

Arrow you make a valid point, however people are tired of the Fred Mitchell and Myles Munroes of the world because regardless of the outcomes they will both retire to there wealthy palace.. There is a great divide between the haves and have nots, the intellegent & the ignorant, the privilaged and the unprivilaged in Nassau and all they ever talk about is making it harder for people with things like Vat to cover a mismanaged system of government. Those who know better need to declare a war on ignorance.. Enough with the irresponsible management and theft of money, Enought with not enforcing the rule of law or selectively enforcecing it, Enough with the irresponsible breeding (wear a damn condom) its creating more criminals, Enough of these same ignorant people treating politicians like saviors rather than employees, Enough with the unprotected borders and stream of illegal immigrants into the country... People like Freddie and Myles can help lead this charge but they wont because they concern themselves with themselves..

Web shop would not exist if our self discriminating policy of making it illegal to our citizens was not in place.. Like prohibition fueled the mob government is responsible for this. The solution is simple make gambling legal for all, webb shops out of business.. The statement by the lawyer represent a lawless mentality & he sad it like it took brilliance to come up with his logic for his bosses.. Legalize gambling with good regulation & they're done, cannot compete with legitimate businessmen & women..

what a waste of the countries time, money and emotions.... Curious to know what was spent on the whole political process with this issue..

Changed my mind, money is on Freddie, say what u want he has balls, been picked on enough growing up, time to unleash the beast..

Lets settle this down at the local boxing gym and move on.. My money is on Miles, but Freddie he got balls especially to bring up a homosexual agenda in one of the most homophobic places on the planet..

Legalize it already..Wasting time, losing money. Nobody is going to enforce the law, they've been bought. At least collect taxes from it and along with collecting other delinquent accounts we can do away with VAT. I think many would rather this than have a strangle hold put on the economy with massive inflation VAT will bring.. Its already to expensive to live in the Bahamas, I'm constantly sending extra money to cover my mom's expenses, don't want an increase..