Gay bashing thrives in Jamaica, homosexuality seen as sin

Remind me never to visit Jamaica, a country obviously devoid of any compassion for their fellow man, regardless of sexuality. It is disgusting to read of such callousness that pervades Jamaican society!

Alan Gordon wrote:

Remind me never to visit Jamaica, a country obviously devoid of any compassion for their fellow man, regardless of sexuality. It is disgusting to read of such callousness that pervades Jamaican society!

son tell all your friends and then maybe normal people can visit jamaica

I won't need to be reminded to never visit Jamaica. My (gay) teenage son and I used to visit the two Jamaican restaurants in town frequently. We loved the food. I was even upset when Publix quit carrying those Jamaican meat pies that we loved. Then I read a previous Topix thread, "To be gay in Jamaica is to be dead" and started doing a little research on homophobia there. Yes, most of the time homophobic beatings and killings are condoned or even conducted by the police there.

Well, it may be a beautiful place but, I have no intention of ever going there or of ever eating in a Jamaican restaurant again!

In the U.S., our heroes are people like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. In Jamaica it's the dope smoking Rastafarian, Bob Marley! Go figure.

Resist Ignorance wrote:

I won't need to be reminded to never visit Jamaica. My (gay) teenage son and I used to visit the two Jamaican restaurants in town frequently. We loved the food. I was even upset when Publix quit carrying those Jamaican meat pies that we loved. Then I read a previous Topix thread, "To be gay in Jamaica is to be dead" and started doing a little research on homophobia there. Yes, most of the time homophobic beatings and killings are condoned or even conducted by the police there.
Well, it may be a beautiful place but, I have no intention of ever going there or of ever eating in a Jamaican restaurant again!
In the U.S., our heroes are people like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. In Jamaica it's the dope smoking Rastafarian, Bob Marley! Go figure.

Try Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands..

MUCH more civilized folks there and.... non of the homophobic jamaicamans there.

Troth for Leogere wrote:

<quoted text>Try Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands..
MUCH more civilized folks there and.... non of the homophobic jamaicamans there.

I went to St Thomas once which is a U.S. territory. What's really weird there is that while the steering wheels on vehicles are on the left, as in the mainland U.S., they drive on the left hand side of the road ! Confusing !

Uh oh! Get Hillary down there quick to read the riot act. No more tolerating local laws or customs.

Oooooh! How we're gonna punish you for this!

Key West is better.

So if you Gay stay away! Jamaica is not Sodom(USA, Canada) or Gommorah(uk, Netherlands etc)

Jamaica is not only the most homophobic country in the world, but it has the highest murder rate in the world.
The least civilized people alive.

This is what happens when ignorance combines with superstition and a mob mentality.

Jamaicans believe that being gay is not a natural thing, so if you know Jamaicans they love to deal with everything natural.... That is the way the life is set... Everything must be straight nothing lean.... God made Adam and Eve, God never made Adam to lay down with Steve..... That is what real Jamaicans believe in....

Barber England Uk wrote:

Jamaicans believe that being gay is not a natural thing, so if you know Jamaicans they love to deal with everything natural.... That is the way the life is set... Everything must be straight nothing lean.... God made Adam and Eve, God never made Adam to lay down with Steve..... That is what real Jamaicans believe in....

God also says: "Thou shalt not commit murder."

Why don't Jamaicans take that to heart ?

Dont forget GOD killed homosexuals as well, is he a murderer or punishing wrong doer? on the other hand Jamaicans DO NOT GO OUT AND KILL GAYS.. THAT LYING PROPAGANDA COMMING FROM Gay activists, if one does not like something that they view as immoral or in bad taste, why blatently put it in their faces? they may beat you up,they also have rights too, kILLInG Another person is WRONG as we all know this is a crime in Jamaica, kill anyone and get caught you going to a hard prison, COME ON BE FARE THEY DO NOT WANT OPEN GAY LIFESTLYLE IN JAMACA.... SO RESPECT THAT!

Barber England Uk wrote:

Jamaicans believe that being gay is not a natural thing, so if you know Jamaicans they love to deal with everything natural.... That is the way the life is set... Everything must be straight nothing lean.... God made Adam and Eve, God never made Adam to lay down with Steve..... That is what real Jamaicans believe in....

Well good for them! Let them remain the f*cking ignorant, bigoted morons of the Westren Hemisphere. Meanwhile, their tourism will go down the tubes... and rightfully so!

Daniel P from Long Island wrote:

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God also says: "Thou shalt not commit murder."
Why don't Jamaicans take that to heart ?

For the same reasons all murderers don't, they are murderers.

Daniel P from long Island not all Jamaicans are murders, or bad people. There are millions of kind, caring, loving and brilliant people out there, just like every where in the world. You have good and bad. Jamaica is no different. The Island size to the population is what everyone looks at to why Jamaica has such a high murder rate...Jamaica is no different to the USA, anywhere in South America(i.e Mexico,Peru,Brazil etc)Africa(pick any country you want there...)even places like Australia or Thailand, all it is, is that pound for pound or shall we say square inch for square inch Jamaica is much smaller by far, so everything looks alot worse than it really is, and along with the bad rep Jamaicans carry that has not help the situation.....

Red Stripe is a great hot weather beer! They did something right.

Barber England Uk wrote:

Daniel P from long Island not all Jamaicans are murders, or bad people. There are millions of kind, caring, loving and brilliant people out there, just like every where in the world. You have good and bad. Jamaica is no different. The Island size to the population is what everyone looks at to why Jamaica has such a high murder rate...Jamaica is no different to the USA, anywhere in South America(i.e Mexico,Peru,Brazil etc)Africa(pick any country you want there...)even places like Australia or Thailand, all it is, is that pound for pound or shall we say square inch for square inch Jamaica is much smaller by far, so everything looks alot worse than it really is, and along with the bad rep Jamaicans carry that has not help the situation.....

Jamaica has a VERY high murder rate compared to all other countries. It's per capita murder rate is #3 in the world behind only South Africa and Colombia. The U.S. rate places us at # 24.

Mexico, Poland, Russia, Latvia, Lithuania & Estonia all have homicide rates HIGHER than the U.S.

Any gay white person who visits Jamaica is crazy.

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_per...

Daniel P from Long Island wrote:

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Jamaica has a VERY high murder rate compared to all other countries. It's per capita murder rate is #3 in the world behind only South Africa and Colombia. The U.S. rate places us at # 24.
Mexico, Poland, Russia, Latvia, Lithuania & Estonia all have homicide rates HIGHER than the U.S.
Any gay white person who visits Jamaica is crazy.
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_per...

Any white person who visits Jamaica is crazy, Dan-O. They think we walk around with pockets full of cash.

Resist Ignorance wrote:

In the U.S., our heroes are people like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. In Jamaica it's the dope smoking Rastafarian, Bob Marley! Go figure.

Have you turned on a tv lately? The heroes now are likes of Paris Hilton and Speidi.