Barbadian urges Jamaica to reject agenda of sexual rights movement
Barbadian Dr. Veronica Evelyn said many people in her country are unhappy with the High Court’s December 2022 decision to decriminalize gay sex and has warned Jamaicans against giving in to the anti-God rebellion that has been ignited by the gay rights movement in more developed countries.
Bardados became the third Eastern Caribbean country in 2022 to decriminalize gay sex, after Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Kitts and Nevis. Jamaica is one of six Caribbean countries that have refused to give in to the overwhelming demand to sanction same-sex unions.
“These are the devilish kinds of things that we have to speak up against. This decriminalization of buggery is just the political weight to pursue what even the politicians don’t recognize as a spiritual war. A showdown between God and the devil. It is rebellion,” she admonished during an interview with Freedom Come Rain.
Dr. Evelyn noted that the sexual rights movement has successfully used the situation of gays and lesbians and transgenders to push an “anti-God rebellion.” Now that the buggery law is repealed, activists have placed their focus on other legislation in the country. In recent times, attention has also shifted toward making Barbados more inclusive.
“Last week they had a conference in Barbados talking about the economy and how because we are so homophobic and we are not an all inclusive society, how many millions we are missing and they had facts and figures,” said Dr. Evelyn.
Gay lobbyists continue to argue that Jamaica is the most homophobic country in the world, contrary to evidence provided by local law enforcement officials. Gay rights activists demanded last week that the government repeal the buggery law in keeping with a February 2021 Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) ruling that claims the Jamaican government was, among other things, violating a right to freedom of movement involving two members of the island’s LGBTQ community who are now living in Canada and Europe.
The two Jamaicans are Gareth Henry, who led a petition with the IACHR to challenge Jamaica’s buggery laws, and Simone Edwards, a lesbian, who joined as an additional victim to the petition in 2014. Both claimed they were abused in Jamaica because of their sexual orientation.
Henry is now working at Rainbow Railroad in Canada, one of the two groups that
called for Jamaica to comply with the IACHR’s requirement for the country to take urgent action to repeal the buggery laws and to fall into step with other Caribbean nations.
A similar strategy was used by gay activists in Barbados to get that country to change its law. Dr. Evelyn recalled several stories being told to paint Barbados as a very homophobic society. Many of these stories highlighted Bajans who had to seek refuge in Canada because they were being abused in their homeland.
“I know Bajans have gone to Canada, but I don’t know that they had need to go to Canada. They go because it is convenient to get their permanent residence. But in Barbados, nobody stops homosexuals from going anywhere or doing anything. They actually used to have every single year, a queen show that was well patronised. It is a gay queen show. They have a gay bar; they have their gay parties; you have gays on the radio; you have gays in politics; you have gays in health. What nonsense are they talking about?” she queried.
The Canada government now assists transgender employees in federal public service with gender-affirming procedures up to $75,000 per lifetime, beginning July 1, 2023.
In the report, “A Caribbean Outlier: Repeal anti-LGBTQI+ Laws in Jamaica which was published by Rainbow Railroad and the UK based Human Dignity Trust, it was noted that:
“The number of requests for assistance received by Rainbow Railroad from Jamaicans has increased year on year since 2019, with 322 requests received in 2021 alone. In 2022, LGBTQI+ people seeking help from Rainbow Railroad reported 221 instances of being beaten up, shot at or “chopped” (i.e. attacked/ wounded with a machete). A further 101 reports of family-based violence were made in 2020 and 2021 alone, whilst those seeking help in 2021 reported 185 instances of having experienced or feared public humiliation, sexual violence or police brutality in Jamaica.”
According to an article by the CBC in 2021, Henry was granted asylum in 2008 and now lives in Toronto. His mother, sister, and cousin also joined him. Simone has been granted asylum in a European country. She and Henry initiated the case at the IACHR in 2011.
Dr Evelyn finds that a lot of lies have been told in pushing forth the gay rights agenda, but she is not surprised.
“Jesus told us, the Devil is the father of lies; he was a liar from the beginning; he abode not in the truth; when he speaks, there is no truth in him because he is a liar and the father of lies, and as I look at this sexual rights movement, it advances on lies, deceit, and twisted truth,” she said.
In an unconventional move, several other religious groups have joined forces in Barbados as they amplify their objections to the pervasive homosexual movement. This includes Rastafarians and those from the Nation of Islam.
As the pressure continues, Dr. Evelyn says the Jamaican government will have to determine where its allegiance lies, as God’s view of homosexuality is clear. She is hoping that their allegiance to God will be greater than their allegiance to developed countries that are pushing an anti-God agenda.
“If a person wants to believe whatever it is that they want to believe, in how many genders and how many sexes, believe that. If you believe the Bible, embrace it wholeheartedly, but don’t go trying to change the Word of God because that is a lack of integrity, and I would say to your government, each minister of government decide what they believe,” the sociologist admonished.
