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• [1] Katie from Forest Hills July 08, 2008 - 11:12AM

  Born again Christianity and acceptance of the gay community will never happen. The ideas are too much at conflict and the two will not mesh.

  There are a lot of Fundamentalists in the Caribbean, 7th Day Adventist and lots of born agains. I went to St. Lucia and saw a church on every corner. People are entitled to believe what they want. If someone wants to be a born again Christian that is their right, as long as they are not hurting someone, I think it is time to live and let live and accept that these groups will not mix and get along.

  People should be allowed to believe what they want. let them be.

  
  
• [2] Shirly from Queens July 08, 2008 - 11:26AM

  Hey they already got the coloful clothing! Go for it Caribean Homos!

  
  
• [3] Katie from Forest Hills July 08, 2008 - 11:32AM

  Anyone see Rosie's HBO special in 2006 of the Caribbean Cruise that stopped in different islands, I think it was the Bahamas there was a church rally that was upset with Rosie for coming to their island? They were not showing the love of Jesus but rather a nastier side of humanity that is in all of us.

  
  
• [4] Katie from Forest Hills July 08, 2008 - 11:50AM

  Why do people care what people do in their own bedroom? What is the big deal to let gay and lesbian community get married like heteros? Live and let live.

  
  
• [5] Leo in NYC from Soho July 08, 2008 - 11:53AM

  Brian, you said that homophobia like the PM's wouldn't be said by an American national politician. I just wanted to say that that's dead wrong. I wish it were otherwise, but there are LOTS of Senators and other elected officials who continue to say quite shockingly hateful things about gays. So, wishful thinking on your part...

  
  
• [6] Tara from New York, NY July 08, 2008 - 11:55AM

  My partner grew up in Jamaica and he says that murder and violent attacks against gays and lesbians is commonplace there. The issue goes way beyond prejudice and discrimination....

  
  
• [7] Albert from Greenwich, CT July 08, 2008 - 11:55AM

  I am really sick and tired of people speaking about Jamaica as if that represents the entire Caribbean. I am from St. Kitts & the Island has an openly gay female politician, "Concie Mitchem" who back in the 80's won her district repeatedly. There is homophobia in St. Kitts, but it certainly does not hold people back. St Kitts has a 95% literacy rate as opposed to Jamaica which has a rate of just over 50%.

  
  
• [8] Robert from NYC July 08, 2008 - 11:57AM

  I understand that caller because I don't agree with heterosexuality.

  
  
• [9] Lina from Brooklyn July 08, 2008 - 11:58AM

  I am from the Caribbean and identify as a queer woman. Currently I live in the very Caribbean part of Crown Heights, BK, which I mostly enjoy, but which is also sometimes difficult to deal with because of the very patriarchical culture. I get unwanted comments from men every day I walk out my house, and it's 100X worse if I'm with my bald headed (straight) female friend, my butch friend, or my gay male friend. I try to ignore it and keep a stoic face, but I boil inside! I also don't feel that I can be 'out' to my family and others in the community because I'll be ostracized.

  
  
• [10] paul from nyc July 08, 2008 - 12:11PM

  they have the highest murder rate in the world in Jamaica and the church leaders are worried about gays!

  
  
• [11] a. hammagaadji from new york July 08, 2008 - 12:57PM

  Hey Paul, are you sure about that? Surely that distinction belongs to Iraq currently. In the past month alone female suicide bombers murdered more than 105 people. I would bet that that is a higher number than the statistic for Jamaica and would probably hold true for the last few 12 month cycles. Then again there is South Africa where more than 70 people were killed there last month. Could you be making this statement about Jamaica out of bias that has no relation to facts? Enquiring minds want to know.

  
  
• [12] Leon Freilich from Park Slope July 08, 2008 - 01:23PM

  YOU ARE WHAT YOU ARE

  Straight?

  Fate.

  Gay?

  DNA.

  
  
• [13] Edward from Clinton Hill, Brooklyn July 12, 2008 - 11:20AM

  Brian! You are hands down the best radio host/journalist on the air, but for the first time you disappointed me! Perhaps it's my proximity to the issue that makes me more critical, but I was hoping you'd delve deeper into the underlying reasons for homophobia in the Caribbean that Mr. Glave mentioned. This discussion could be relevant here at home, because I suspect that some of those issues - the legacy of slavery, religion - also apply to the lingering homophobia in much of the black community, which I find to be prevalent even here in inclusive NYC. I also wish you'd explored the issue of violence against homosexuals in the Caribbean, because as one of the other listeners mentioned on this page, violence against gays (especially in Jamaica) is commonplace if not accepted. I've heard that murders of homosexuals are not even investigated by the authorities. Follow up topic! Perhaps a segment on homophobia in the black community as well?