Tag Archives: Country: Jamaica

Jamaica Gleaner: Although it is fashionable to frame the discussion about the reform of buggery laws in terms of human rights, a more serious look at the issue from a public policy perspective indicates that it is essentially a public-health matter.

Toronto Sun: “A openly gay man who is married to his partner has won a bid for refugee status due to concerns his life may be in jeopardy if he is deported to his native Jamaica.”

AFP: “Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding said the country’s parliament would not recognize same-sex marriage while he was in power.”

Radio Jamaica: “A bill which proposes to outlaw child pornography in Jamaica is one step closer to being enacted into law.”

CaribWorldNews: But Jamaicans CWNN spoke with say the action is outrageous. `Who are they to be imposing their beliefs on us and boycotting Jamaican products?` questioned D.C.-based national Ann Walters. `How is that going to change how people in Jamaica view homosexuality? [sic.] Isn’t there homophobic people in the US so why not attack `Made in the USA?`

Radio Jamaica: “Justice Minister and Attorney General, Senator Dorothy Lightbourne announced Wednesday that the Child Pornography Bill is soon to be introduced in Parliament after Cabinet on Monday, gave approval for the bill to be tabled in the House of Representatives.”

The Ministry of Health yesterday confirmed its support for the teaching of children about sex and HIV/AIDS before age 12, and dismissed suggestions that providing youngsters with such information would lead them to experiment with sex.

A graphic video showing various abortion techniques – a last-ditch effort by the Coalition for the Defence of Life to discourage the passing of a law to decriminalise abortion – yesterday made several parliamentarians uneasy.

Two men, who pleaded guilty to selling a 14 year old girl as a prostitute to a US undercover agent, have been sentenced to one year in prison on human trafficking charges.

“Disapproval of gays is an entrenched part of island life, rooted, Jamaicans say, in the country’s Christian tradition.”