WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE. That’s the call to Barbados’ authorities to get on board and legalise same-sex marriages.
It comes from Cheryl McIntosh, a Barbadian resident in the United States, who two weeks ago legally tied the knot with her female St Lucian sweetheart in Philadelphia.
“I would like Barbados to open up and let the gay people get married if they wish. There are a lot of gay people in Barbados and they should come out and be themselves,” McIntosh told the SATURDAY SUN in a telephone link-up yesterday.
Her remarks followed a reiteration of the position of the Anglican Church earlier this week, which remained that marriage was strictly between a woman and a man.
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