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  […] Jamaica: ?Satan is Real? – Unreconstructed racists the Louvin Brothers, composers of the country classic “Satan is Real”, “would have been horrified to know that just near the equator hundreds of negroes were loving their music,” writes Marlon James, in a post touching upon reggae’s roots in country-and-western music. Jamaica: Homophobia and violence – Leon Robinson prefaces a post about a series of brutal attacks on gay men in Jamaica by saying: “Homosexuality is frowned upon in Jamaica. Not because were “homophobic” (surely we can’t be afraid of them), but because it is unlawful, as our law is based upon the Bible.“ Jamaica: Henry Fowler – Kia pays tribute to the recently deceased Henry Fowler, founder of Jamaica’s exclusive Priory School, “an old-school Jamaican of colonial days, the sort of person that it is now fashionable to blame for all our ills.” Jamaica: Moving back – Francis Wade posts an email from a reader who wishes to return to Jamaica but is concerned about crime, along with his response. Jamaica: Reggae and the Grammys – Barbadian blogger Titilayo adds her two cents to the debate over whether the reggae category at the Grammy awards should be split in two. […]

  23 February 2007, 23:55 pm
• Hansome

  Hey I’m a Jamaican and I’m 22 years and Jamaica is slowly accepting homosexuality. As with anything controversial It takes time and u cant just wake up and expect Jamaican to just become this fun loving place for gays where they show affection in public. NOO thats like rubbing it in there faces. I know a lot of people That are so called “homophobic” that know gay people and dosen’t do them anything thats because the keep it in the privacy of there home but on the other hand just the other day 4 guys were stabbed just for quarrellings about there relationships with each other on the street. Now I’m not saying that its right for the people to hurt them in such a way but don’t rub it in there face. Thats just it at the end. DO WHAT U WANNA DO “BUT DON’T RUB IT IN PEOPLE FACES” or you will get hurt.

  3 February 2008, 5:48 am

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