The Bahamas is in enough economic trouble at the moment. Leave this alone. We can't afford it.
**The 'Rating Agencies' have said not to do it now, so don't.**

You are correct. Many years ago the Bahamas Humane Society tried, on several occasions to get the government to ban the importation of these animals.

The government did nothing.

Re-post: I did not know that you considered your daughters inferior to your sons.

I did not know that you feel that if your son says (In fact he might not be the father and the child may not have any Bahamian blood) he is the father of a child born outside of The Bahamas to a foreign woman that the child is a Bahamian.

But if your daughter has a child (You know for sure that it has Bahamian blood) of a foreign husband that the child is not a Bahamian.

Also, from an economic point of view, the foreign men who come here will, by and large, encourage further investment in The Bahamas and so improve the economy.

Look at the Cayman Islands or Turks and Cacaos and see what the unemployment rates are.

Then look at their immigration policy.

Don't be so scared, the right type of foreigner will help, they wont bite you.

In the students case her mother (not a Haitian), may will have been here on a work permit when she had the liaison with the Bahamian man. He then married and, unlike most Bahamian men, was a responsible father and took care of his child.

By saying parents you imply both of the child's parents. You are deliberately misleading or don't understand the law that is affected.

I am not a fan of the Haitians either, but Bills 1 and 3 do not open the flood gates for the Haitians. Though you make no mention of the Haitian women who have married Bahamian men and now have citizenship, you don't complain about that.

I do understand that we, as a country have failed to protect our boarders, even though we had the equipment, men and means to do so.

The international treaty system does not allow us to be slack and get away with it.

We are breaking international law and like anyone who breaks the law we must pay the price.

Did you read the Court of Appeal ruling?

In any event there are 4 separate Bills. You can vote yes on some and no on others.

Bill 4 seems to be the one that may open the door for the same sex marriages.

I still have not decided which way I will vote on Bill 4 as I have a problem with the use of 'marriage' for same sex couples. I also have a problem with same sex couples being allowed to adopt children.

Dear jujutreeclub, the country benefits by having children of a Bahamian mother (Bill 1)or of a Bahamian father (Bill 3).

In the latter case (Bill 3) the child is born in The Bahamas, they did not come in on some boat. They grew up here, they feel and think like Bahamians. Where are they to go to get work? What are you going to do? Kick them out of the country to go where they have never been? Force them to be separated from friends and family?

Are you a Christian?

Dear Bloggers, I did not know that you considered your daughters inferior to your sons.

I did not know that you feel that if your son says (***In fact he might not be the father and the child may not have any Bahamian blood***) he is the father of a child born outside of The Bahamas to a foreign woman that the child is a Bahamian.

But if your daughter has a child (***You know for sure that it has Bahamian blood***) of a foreign husband that the child is not a Bahamian.

Also, from an economic point of view, the foreign men who come here will, by and large, encourage further investment in The Bahamas and so improve the economy.

Look at the Cayman Islands or Turks and Cacaos and see what the unemployment rates are.

Then look at their immigration policy.

Don't be so scared, the right type of foreigner will help, they wont bite you.

This woman is lying. Bahamians paid for the bridge. GBPA did not spend a cent of their money.

What does any of what you say have to do with giving your daughter the same rights as her brother?

Read, become worldly, don't stay xenophobic. What are you so frightened for?