Obama hates Jamaicans and straight people.
Posted on 06/28/2015 6:15:37 PM PDT by nickcarraway
An international study has found that the vast majority of Jamaicans remain adamantly opposed to same-sex marriage, even as the acceptance of such a union has been increasing in neighbouring regional states and the Americas.
The study done by the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) found that 89 per cent of Jamaicans disapproved of same-sex marriage, with only 2.2 per cent strongly approving.
This is nearly 20 per cent more than the 70 per cent found by pollster Bill Johnson in a Gleaner-commissioned poll in 2008.
Titled Political Culture of Democracy in Jamaica and in the Americas, 2014, the study also found that in 2014, only 16 per cent of Jamaicans displayed approval for homosexuals' right to run for office in Jamaica. This reflects a decline from the 20.8 per cent approval in 2012.
The survey, which was carried out in face-to-face interviews in 2014, using national representatives stratified and clustered-probability samples in both urban and rural areas, also found Jamaicans are more likely to support the political rights of advocacy groups and organisations described as 'regime critics' than homosexuals.
26 COUNTRIES
Described as The AmericanBarometer 2014, the study included 26 countries in the Americas and more than 41,000 interviews, which allows for comparison of the results of each individual country with others of the region.
Some 41.6 per cent expressed preference for the political rights of regime critics, while 16 per cent endorsed the political rights of homosexuals.
The question of whether homosexuals should be allowed to seek public office has been a subject of public debate in Jamaica for some time. It is a question that was raised during an interview with a journalist on the BBC's 'HARDtalk' programme, in 2008, that prompted former Prime Minister Bruce Golding to declare: "Not in my Cabinet!"
The LAPOP study also suggested that churches contribute to the marginalisation of homosexuals in Jamaica, by openly criticising their lifestyles as immoral.
It says that religion is an important determinant of the attitudes of Jamaicans towards homosexuals and notes its influence in affecting the political sphere.
While it is not all Jamaicans who feel this way, the acceptance level in Jamaica is still low and overruled by the majority, who are against homosexuality and same-sex marriage.
SUPPORT INCREASING
The study also found that 50 per cent of Americans endorse same-sex marriage and noted that this level of support has been consistently increasing.
Social tolerance, as defined in the study, is the "civility and inclusiveness in practice and relates to the respect for the personal choices and lifestyle interests of others, even when those preferences vary from one's own and/or the majority".
It also states that intolerance implies a "tendency for social exclusion and a support for discrimination".
It is believed that one demographic that remains a victim of social exclusion in Jamaica is the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
Jamaica still has the buggery law in place, which makes engaging in anal sex a criminal offence, even after international calls to make amendments to this law.
At the time, the Gleaner-Bill Johnson poll found that 91 per cent of Jamaicans believe lawmakers should make no attempt to repeal the controversial buggery law.
The pollsters also found that 82 per cent of Jamaicans did not believe homosexual men were treated unfairly by either the legal system or the police in Jamaica. According to the polls, 10 per cent said they were treated the same, while eight per cent said they did not know.
Give them 20 years of social engineering, and they’ll back it.
Majorities no longer matter. Large majorities in a majority of the states where gay marriage was made into a state referendum were opposed to the notion. You see how much that means to the Left.
Notice how they characterize the law as “controversial”, even though 91% of the people there approve of it.
the vast majority of AMERICAN’S are against it
they’ve just been over ruled by carefully positioned politicians and lawyers corrupted by decades of immoral lifestyle and progressive brainwashing
I think you are leaving out the critical part: big business. It’s legal today because big business pushed it hard.
homosexuals have also infiltrated corporate culture.
they’ve driven out anyone not aligned with the homo agenda under claims of ‘racism’, ‘hate speech’, or whatever crap they can dream up
merit and skill does not matter when promoting an agenda
And will force Jamaica to do so as well because of the tourist industry. (Naturally, the lefties will not call that one "neocolonialism.")
...wait’ll hollywood/academia find out, the cancer will spread.
When is our reeducation battalion expected to storm the beaches?
Winning an election no longer matters - at least for our side. Look how quickly Indiana and Arkansas were whipped into shape after they passed the “defense of religions “ laws. There are many other examples.
First Black Africa turned out to be full of self-hating Bible-thumping uncle toms, and now the Jamaicans are following suit!
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