Pastors, "We're not the moral authority we interpret from the true word of God."
Person, "Bible doesn't speak to gambling being wrong or sinful."
Pastors, "Yes yes, but we speak on the morality of gambling in a broader sense, don't worry we're not the moral authority however much we must use unfounded and purported ideas of morality to prove we are only teaching the lessons of the bible."

Mandatory service is an old trend in countries who have experienced "Total War", making every able man woman and child a cog in the machine. What basis would you implement an ideology foreign to us, non-warring island dwelling people.

Let's force everyone to do something, maybe that will stop crime. Just like forcing your kids to go to private school will stop them from getting involved with drugs or other perceived ills. Don't forget keeping your child in church 3-5 days a week makes them a better person. While we're at it, we should it make it mandatory that every child upon turning eighteen has to swear on the flag and whatever nonsensical religious text they desire to be good young people and always do right. Because these wound caring policies work, don't they?

What a waste.

If this is taking money from churches then this bill is shaping up quite nicely. At least men like Mr. Flowers don't claim to be claimants to spiritual power while fleecing the people. Religion like government always seems to need more money each and every year. So I guess it's rather expected they are fighting over the scraps of disposable income in this chosen land.

But the bible is a collection of silly stories compiled over hundreds to a thousand years. It's utter trash and a tool.

But a man who quotes the bible was elected as our leader. This man who is claimant to spiritual leadership was not. That's the difference. We have not elected a zealot, we have a elected a man who claims a certain faith.

Going against an unelected group of claimants to moral superiority equates 'All Bahamians'? Or do you mean most? Is it even most? That purport these capricious zealots as our spiritual leaders? Christianities overarching claim to be one faith is a sham. The Bahamas is mostly a collections of strongly differing faiths based on the Judeo-Christian teachings.

Threatening a group that threatens you does not denounce your moral compass. He was informing them quite clearly, that if they speak politics as such as to push a "No confidence" or condemn the majority party, they are not just teaching a faith, they are actively playing the political game and as a player in the game you don't get to hide behind unelected positions of perceived 'holy' power.

Essentially, you can be whatever you want to be, just don't talk about it, don't expect to be treated fairly, don't expect to receive couple treatments under law, don't expect to receive the basic access others of the "normal" and proper group have access to. This is the motto of the ignorant black christian Bahamian. It's rather alluding historically like such of the Nazi party and the Hutu Hate Groups of recent history.

First, make it clear the others don't deserve to be treated fairly, then make it clear that they are doing is wrong and should be ashamed, then spread rumors of trying to hurt others or 'convert' others, and finally spark the fuse.

You know when you Uganda took this approach they were shunned for all the right reasons and quickly backtracked several of the religious leaders 'think tank' anti-gay agendas to maintain their 'religiousness'. If you want to take the country back to dark age myth and ignorance, go for it, but call it as it is.

People must not remember the google search bar. Google homosexuality in 'nature', since people believe humans which are products of nature are not animals or included in 'nature'.