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CHURCH LEADERS AGREE WITH DJS' STANCE AGAINST
> HOMOSEXUALITY - SUNDAY GLEANER ARTICLE
>
> >
> Published: Sunday | October 25, 2009
>
> Athaliah Reynolds, Staff Reporter
>
> Some church leaders have come out in full support of
> Jamaica's dancehall fraternity while condemning the actions
> of international gay rights groups that are placing immense
> pressure on many local artistes.
>
> While the church leaders who spoke with The Sunday Gleaner
> argued that it was wrong to incite violence against any
> group, most agreed that the dancehall artistes had a right
> to express their disagreement with the homosexual
> lifestyle.
>
> "To those artistes who have continued to speak out against
> that kind of lifestyle in their music, I'll encourage them
> to keep up the pressure, not in a violent way, but certainly
> to continue to proclaim the message," Bishop Delford Davis
> of the Power of Faith Ministries in Portmore said.
>
> the truth
>
> According to Davis, while the church is completely against
> violence, the truth must be told and not censored.
>
> "Truth is very costly, I think they should be strong enough
> to maintain their position in as much as they are being
> penalised. A price has always had to be paid for truth."
>
> Davis said his message to the DJs would be to remove the
> element of violence from their music, but continue to spread
> the message that a lifestyle of homosexuality is immoral and
> wrong.
>
> "Do not incite violence, but certainly continue to
> propagate the message of sanctity of human sexuality. We
> fully support the message that is proclaimed of God's
> purpose and plan for procreation and human sexuality," he
> argued.
>
> For pastor Bobby Wilmot of the Joy Town Community
> Development Founda-tion when the gays took their lifestyle
> into the public domain they opened themselves for
> criticisms.
>
> "When you were practising your homosexual lifestyle
> privately, fine, that's in your space. But the moment you
> bring it into the public domain you are saying to people
> they must accept it and therefore that gives me the right to
> reject it," he argued.
>
> Wilmot continued: "Now as a man of God, I would reject it
> from a word of God, but the man who is in the dancehall, who
> is not coming necessarily from a Christian perspective, this
> is how he operates. He's going to come at it in his way."
>
> Wilmot said while he does not support violence, he has to
> agree with the stance of the dancehall man.
>
> "I would respond by saying Sodom and Gomorra was destroyed
> by God, so take heed to that, there's a lesson there!"
>
> Wilmot bashed the gay community for forcing the
> cancellation of concerts featuring some dancehall artistes.
>
> "When you cut me off like that, you are preventing me from
> bringing my views to the public - you are not fair, it can't
> be right," he said. "You say this is my lifestyle before the
> public, I must be allowed also to say I am against it."
>
> Reverend Donald Webley of the, Rosemount Missionary Church
> in Montego Bay, St James was critical of both groups.
>
> "The same level of force being used by the gay community to
> undermine the dancehall artiste is similar to the way in
> which some dancehall artistes have been advocating violence
> towards them. Both of them seem to be using a similar
> approach to get their messages across."
>
> He added: "I think the dancehall artistes need to have the
> opportunity to express themselves but of course not in a
> violent way."
>
> Webley said the recent demands of the gay community of
> reggae artiste, Buju Banton are ludicrous. "The demands that
> have been made upon him are outrageous and unreasonable."
>
> According to Webley, Buju should publicly apologise and
> withdraw the anti-homosexual anthem Boom Bye Bye because it
> is clearly violent.
>
> But Webley argued that the homosexual community should not
> use its power to undermine Buju's ability to earn or to
> support a lifestyle that he is morally against.
>
> homosexuals right
>
> For Pastor Raphael Thomas of the Annotto Bay Gospel Hall
> believes that the homosexual community is right to target
> the concerts of some Jamaican artistes.
>
> "I don't think it is right to promote violence against
> those who practise that kind of lifestyle, although it is
> not something that the church can endorse. They are people
> that the church must reach out to and seek to help them just
> like persons who are involved in other kinds of activities
> that are not considered right."
>
> According to Pastor Thomas the violent approach of the
> dancehall artiste is not right.
>
> "We respect the orientation of the DJs and their strong
> disagreement with that kind of lifestyle but it still does
> not give them a right to promote violence against the
> homosexuals." Pastor Thomas said.
>
> "There are other ways that we can seek to correct, what I
> consider to be the unacceptable lifestyle of the gay
> community without seeking to be violent towards them," added
> Thomas.
> HOMOSEXUALITY - SUNDAY GLEANER ARTICLE
>
> >
> Published: Sunday | October 25, 2009
>
> Athaliah Reynolds, Staff Reporter
>
> Some church leaders have come out in full support of
> Jamaica's dancehall fraternity while condemning the actions
> of international gay rights groups that are placing immense
> pressure on many local artistes.
>
> While the church leaders who spoke with The Sunday Gleaner
> argued that it was wrong to incite violence against any
> group, most agreed that the dancehall artistes had a right
> to express their disagreement with the homosexual
> lifestyle.
>
> "To those artistes who have continued to speak out against
> that kind of lifestyle in their music, I'll encourage them
> to keep up the pressure, not in a violent way, but certainly
> to continue to proclaim the message," Bishop Delford Davis
> of the Power of Faith Ministries in Portmore said.
>
> the truth
>
> According to Davis, while the church is completely against
> violence, the truth must be told and not censored.
>
> "Truth is very costly, I think they should be strong enough
> to maintain their position in as much as they are being
> penalised. A price has always had to be paid for truth."
>
> Davis said his message to the DJs would be to remove the
> element of violence from their music, but continue to spread
> the message that a lifestyle of homosexuality is immoral and
> wrong.
>
> "Do not incite violence, but certainly continue to
> propagate the message of sanctity of human sexuality. We
> fully support the message that is proclaimed of God's
> purpose and plan for procreation and human sexuality," he
> argued.
>
> For pastor Bobby Wilmot of the Joy Town Community
> Development Founda-tion when the gays took their lifestyle
> into the public domain they opened themselves for
> criticisms.
>
> "When you were practising your homosexual lifestyle
> privately, fine, that's in your space. But the moment you
> bring it into the public domain you are saying to people
> they must accept it and therefore that gives me the right to
> reject it," he argued.
>
> Wilmot continued: "Now as a man of God, I would reject it
> from a word of God, but the man who is in the dancehall, who
> is not coming necessarily from a Christian perspective, this
> is how he operates. He's going to come at it in his way."
>
> Wilmot said while he does not support violence, he has to
> agree with the stance of the dancehall man.
>
> "I would respond by saying Sodom and Gomorra was destroyed
> by God, so take heed to that, there's a lesson there!"
>
> Wilmot bashed the gay community for forcing the
> cancellation of concerts featuring some dancehall artistes.
>
> "When you cut me off like that, you are preventing me from
> bringing my views to the public - you are not fair, it can't
> be right," he said. "You say this is my lifestyle before the
> public, I must be allowed also to say I am against it."
>
> Reverend Donald Webley of the, Rosemount Missionary Church
> in Montego Bay, St James was critical of both groups.
>
> "The same level of force being used by the gay community to
> undermine the dancehall artiste is similar to the way in
> which some dancehall artistes have been advocating violence
> towards them. Both of them seem to be using a similar
> approach to get their messages across."
>
> He added: "I think the dancehall artistes need to have the
> opportunity to express themselves but of course not in a
> violent way."
>
> Webley said the recent demands of the gay community of
> reggae artiste, Buju Banton are ludicrous. "The demands that
> have been made upon him are outrageous and unreasonable."
>
> According to Webley, Buju should publicly apologise and
> withdraw the anti-homosexual anthem Boom Bye Bye because it
> is clearly violent.
>
> But Webley argued that the homosexual community should not
> use its power to undermine Buju's ability to earn or to
> support a lifestyle that he is morally against.
>
> homosexuals right
>
> For Pastor Raphael Thomas of the Annotto Bay Gospel Hall
> believes that the homosexual community is right to target
> the concerts of some Jamaican artistes.
>
> "I don't think it is right to promote violence against
> those who practise that kind of lifestyle, although it is
> not something that the church can endorse. They are people
> that the church must reach out to and seek to help them just
> like persons who are involved in other kinds of activities
> that are not considered right."
>
> According to Pastor Thomas the violent approach of the
> dancehall artiste is not right.
>
> "We respect the orientation of the DJs and their strong
> disagreement with that kind of lifestyle but it still does
> not give them a right to promote violence against the
> homosexuals." Pastor Thomas said.
>
> "There are other ways that we can seek to correct, what I
> consider to be the unacceptable lifestyle of the gay
> community without seeking to be violent towards them," added
> Thomas.