Rollins calls for amendment to define matrimony

Mon, Aug 11th 2014, 11:20 AM

 

FORT Charlotte MP Dr Andre Rollins has called on the Christie administration to reconsider its plans to give foreign spouses of Bahamian women constitutional rights to citizenship and to clear up “apprehension” that eliminating sex as a basis for discrimination in the Constitution could one day lead to same-sex marriage.
He urged the government to provide clarity on the issues and a more detailed education process than that which occurred before the failed gambling referendum, to ensure that the matter is not politicised and to restore voter confidence in the Christie administration...

FORT Charlotte MP Dr Andre Rollins has called on the Christie administration to reconsider its plans to give foreign spouses of Bahamian women constitutional rights to citizenship and to clear up “apprehension” that eliminating sex as a basis for discrimination in the Constitution could one day lead to same-sex marriage.

He urged the government to provide clarity on the issues and a more detailed education process than that which occurred before the failed gambling referendum, to ensure that the matter is not politicised and to restore voter confidence in the Christie administration...

 

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