September 23, 2007
This Just In: Bahamas Still Run By Hypocritical Bigots!
Bahamas Christian Council against gay LOGO channel on Cable Bahamas
While members of the Rainbow Alliance will continue to lobby for the inclusion of a gay network on Cable Bahamas’ lineup of channels, several local pastors, including the president of The Bahamas Christian Council (BCC), are planning to meet next week to discuss what may become another burgeoning issue between homosexuals and the church.
However, BCC president John Humes told The Nassau Guardian yesterday that the Council is strictly against the “gay agenda.”
“I don’t think it would be in the best interest for Cable Bahamas to proceed with incorporating this channel,” said Humes in a telephone interview. “There may be a market there but we already have enough problems with what we have now [in terms of channels on Cable Bahamas]. And to bring a gay agenda into the mix, we will not stand by idly and allow that to happen, for sure.”
Erin Greene, public spokesperson for the local gay advocacy group Rainbow Alliance, took her case to the media earlier this week. She wants Cable Bahamas to offer the LOGO channel, a network that specifically caters to bi-sexual, gay, lesbian and transgender (BGLT) viewers. The channel, according to its website, www.logoonline.com, offers a variety of programs from sitcoms, dramas, full-length movies, news and documentaries.
Greene said yesterday that the BCC should focus on far more important issues, rather than the inclusion of a BGLT network on the Cable Bahamas lineup. She noted there were no protests when Cable Bahamas installed more than 10 channels dedicated to pornography.
Filed under: Caribbean, Free Speech, Random Bigotry, Television
