Prime Minister Simpson-Miller's not promoting full gay rights
The Office of the Prime Minister,<span style="font-weight: bold"> OPM is describing as inaccurate a statement published by the US based Times Magazine last month, which indicated that Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller is promoting full civil rights for gays.
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The April 18 article was written by US congresswoman Yvette Clarke ahead of the Prime Minister's acceptance of an award which recognized her as being among Time Magazine's most 100 influential persons for 2011. It further stated that the promotion of full civil rights for gays is a "courageous move in a country with a violent history of homophobia."
But speaking with RJR News, Lincoln Robinson, the prime minister's press secretary was adamant that the statement did not accurately reflect the prime minister's response on the issue during the leadership debate prior to the December 29, 2011 general election.
During the leadership debate the prime minister also indicated a willingness to review the country's buggery laws. However it is not yet known when that matter will be taken to Parliament.
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