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<\/p>\nLook Which Fabulous Vacation Island Destination Just Unanimously Voted Against\u00a0Marriage Equality<\/b><\/p>\n
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Planning on closing out your summer with a Caribbean vacation? You may want to steer clear of spending your hard earned cash in this British Overseas Territory.<\/p>\n
In an unanimous vote last Thursday, lawmakers in the Legislative Assembly of the Cayman Islands rejected same-sex<\/a> marriage, according to the Cayman Reporter<\/a>.<\/p>\n The 2009 Constitution states that the law “shall respect the right of every unmarried man<\/a> and woman<\/a> of marriageable age” to “marry a person of the opposite sex<\/a> and found a family.” A 2010 revision defines marriage as “the union between a man<\/a> and a woman<\/a> as husband and wife.”<\/span><\/p>\n Eden argued that “a behavior that for thousands of years was understood as a social and moral evil — a perversion and an abomination in God’s sight — is now being promoted not only as normal behavior, but as something everyone should accept as good.”<\/span><\/p>\n Cayman LGBT activist Billie Bryan said:<\/span><\/p>\n “This kind of language exemplifies the outright religious oppression that has long been so prevalent in our nation. Religious beliefs should be a personal choice and removed entirely from government<\/span><\/p>\n “To add insult to injury, members of our Legislative Assembly have gone as far as to openly and publicly criticize homosexuals, accusing them of being evil and living lives of sin.<\/span><\/p>\n “While I understand that the Cayman Islands is historically a Christian nation—and I take no issue with that, when you use your worldview as a tool of oppression to infringe upon or deny entirely the rights of others who don’t share your beliefs, that is morally reprehensible and blatant bigotry.”<\/span><\/p>\n Seconding the motion, MLA Alva Suckoo (below) said he “shouldn’t be expected to support legislation that would allow sin.”<\/span><\/p>\n Suckoo added:<\/span><\/p>\n Back in 2008, a Massachusetts gay<\/a> man<\/a> <\/span>was arrested<\/span><\/a> in Cayman for kissing his partner on a dance floor.<\/span><\/p>\n [top photo via Instagram<\/a>]<\/p>\n The post Look Which Fabulous Vacation Island Destination Just Unanimously Voted Against Marriage Equality<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"eden\"](\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/eden.jpg?resize=210%2C277\")
Filed by Legislative Assembly member Anthony Eden (right), the Preservation of Traditional Marriages motion maintains the Constitutional definition of “traditional marriage.”<\/span><\/p>\n![\"suckoo\"](\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/suckoo.jpg?resize=300%2C200\")
“I know there are those who will think we must be bigots and homophobes and probably worse. But I as a representative cannot support a lifestyle or concept that I think clashes with our chosen value systems here and our religious values.”<\/span><\/p>\n