How about One World? Jamaica does not believe in that concept?
How about One World? Jamaica does not believe in that concept?
When I said Jamaica does not exist in a vacuum, I should have made it clear the non existent vacuum was on one world. My fault.Originally Posted by marco
It is safe to say that Jamaicans believe we all live on planet Earth or Gaia if you prefer that name.
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what I meant to suggest was that we are one world, one human, a belief that Jamaica tries to convey.....and that the attitude towards gays seems to contradict that..I actually was not reacting to any of your posts with this comment
Jamaica attitudes are changing. Just the other day in the Gleaner was an article titled, "J'cans tap gay online rental market - Misterb&b seen as opportunity to diversify income." Here is the link:
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/b...nity-diversify
Since I addressed that exact perception you mention in my post above, and your post was made directly under mine, I felt you were addressing my comments. But that doesnt change the fact that the old Jamaican "attitude" you speak of is changing rapidly.
Please read my comments relating to this perception. It should address your concerns. I posted it again below for easy access and added one final comment:
"Getting back to the topic of this thread, I am not sure why people think Jamaica is a static country with never changing attitudes, customs or laws. In 2008, Bruce Golding famously (or infamously) said in a BBC interview that there was no place for gays in his Cabinet Ministry positions. Portia Simpson-Miller responded that the most qualified should fill the Cabinet position, regardless of their sexual orientation. And in an interview in May of 2014, then Jamaican opposition leader Andrew Holness said that, if he becomes Prime Minister (which he has), he would allow gays in his Cabinet.
Bnewb and I have both mentioned there is now an openly LGBT organization, JFLAG. JFLAG held its first Gay Pride Day in Kingston in August last year without incident. These are facts. Not faith, opinion, rumor or speculation.
I have seen many things change daily here in the last quarter century. Jamaica does not exist in a vacuum and does not pretend to exist that way.
What you may discuss with an individual on a porch or bar represents at best that individual's personal beliefs, which is similar to having a faith. That is far from being a fact but closer to an opinion.
Jamaica, as a whole, is a dynamic country and to pigeon-hole it as one static thing or another is misleading. Human life, any human life, means as much here as it does anywhere in the world. We are out of many, one people."
One People, One World, One Love.
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well put
Please forgive my ignorance. Are there not laws on the Jamaica books called "the buggery laws"?
And these laws make it illegal to engage in homosexual acts? This tells me if you are "gay"
stay away from Jamaica.
As I mentioned early in this thread, there are anti-sodomy/buggery laws in Jamaica. Just as there are laws still on the books in the USA in Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas and Utah. And this is after the Supreme Court stuck it down 12 years ago.
But as with those States, who enforces those laws. There are not "Buggery" police squads in Jamaica.
Papa, should gays stay away from Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas and Utah as well?
How do you explain the Gleaner article titled, "J'cans tap gay online rental market - Misterb&b seen as opportunity to diversify income." Here is the link:
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/b...nity-diversify
That sounds like the opposite of "stay away" to me.
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I under stand your argument Rob. Sounds like what I would call a false equivalency. Reasonable people may disagree.
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