A Dominica News Online poll is showing that the majority of readers favor gay cruise tourism.
The poll, which has been running for over a week, asked readers whether or not Dominica should welcome gay cruise passengers.
This follows the furore created when two gay men were arrested last week for reportedly having sex on a cruise ship in full view of onlookers.
A total of 3,777 readers participated in the poll.
2,644 (71 percent) voted yes, 1,022 (27 percent) voted no and 91 readers (2 percent voted not sure)
DNO’s poll is not a scientific one.
LET THEM COME!!!!!! BOWDEL
You people sure have antiquated hypocritical way of thinking. You’ll revel in your own sins – fornication, adultery – but condemn others for theirs. You claim to hate the sin, but not the sinner and think that 10 years imprisonment is justified.
If you all are really so bent on serving God, on truth, on justice, on fairness, on equity… why don’t you condemn fornication and adultery as well. Why not have 10 years or more for those sins? Because YOU think they are natural simply because they are more common place and YOU enjoy them? God certainly didn’t think so. He condemns it as punishable by death and mentioned adultery over 50 times in his book, and fornication over 30.
If you’re so bent on pleasing God, why don’t you start by jailing every fornicator on island.
I was embarrass the following morning after the incident, to be a Dominican. My co-workers confronted me about the story and mentioned about the hatred my country has toward gay people. Dominica is now known for the island that is bias against gays. What a shame! It is time to put an end to such ignorance. We live in a world where everyone has a right to their lifestyle of choice. I condemn their actions if there was any indecent exposure but not their personal preference. Dominicans it is time to be more open-minded and non-discriminatory. We will never get any where with such attitude.
I am glad you codemn those actions. But at the same time you are blowing it out of porportion.
I saw the naked and the one at the back was pumping. The older man was the aggressor. The younger man was the recepient. I do not know whether the man wore a condom. But that would not be necessary for pregnancy purposes.
sod·om·y
Any of various forms of sexual intercourse held to be unnatural or abnormal, especially anal intercourse or bestiality
What do people want – to turn Dominica into a paradise for faggots and queers? These low life dogs should be prevented from coming to Dominica!
http://www.queerty.com/update-incriminating-photo-of-couple-arrested-on-gay-cruise-surfaces-20120330/
It is alarming that the church in Dominica is (still)silent! To whom much is given, much is required!
I have previously stated that the Church is praying for this situation and other situations in DA. The Church is allowing the government, the Police to handle the situation. There is not much, if nothing at all they can say on this matter. It appears that they are silent but they are not silent in prayers. Are you aware of the Serenity Prayer?
O God, grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change
Courage to change the things I can
And the wisdom to know the difference. Amen!
Dominica is a small country. The Church is praying for all sinners. God knows there are many of them in the world.
Recently I listed the major sins in the world and they are many. If you give it a thought, you should have an idea what they are. I wonder how God feels? We are to pray for everyone.
It is not about gay or sexual preferences .It is about ddiscremination.ALL DISCRMINATION IS WRONG and is unacceptable.Q95 and their friends in the uwp should stop promoting discremination towards the chinese people and labour party supporters
I can never believe this DNO poll! Why? Sometimes, when I click on the green or red thumbs to “Like” or “Dislike” an article, instead of adding 1 to the total it sometimes adds 2 or even 3 or more, based on which direction the author wants your opinion to shift for a particular comment.
Dominicans don’t support homosexuality; if you don’t believe me, take a real survey on the streets of Dominica.
I think that everyone should be treated equally, no matter what their sexual preference is. As long as they respect the rules of the country,i do not think that there should be a problem in welcoming them. I do not condone homosexuality but,why should anyone decide who is best for someone. We live in the morden world where everything is vastly changing. If this is going to bring more income to the tourism industry in Dominica, i say go ahead.
i want to know if moral principles will pay your bills. i am sure that some bus drivers, and vendors were able to make some money !!!!!
gays ism is already abomination so yyy should we plaque our shores with Sodom and Gomorrah. Dominica should think first what comes in and out our shores.
hating is an abomination too. only God knows what is in our hearts and this is what will take us thru that gate. The real us lies in our hearts, we can only pretend or act it out
We hate the sin; mark you, not the sinner.
DNO WHY DON’T YU MAKE A POLL LIKE THAT FOR LEGALIZING MARIJUANA AND YU WILL SEE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT IS AGAINST IT. THE HERB IS FOR THE HEALING OF THE NATION.
THIS WORLD WERE LIVING IN IS STRAIGHT UP FOR SATAN AND RUNS BY HIM.SO MANY PEOPLE DEFENDED THE GAYS WHEN THEY CAME TO DOMINICA AND DID INDECENT THINGS IN THE PUBLIC AND I SEE THE VOTES FOR HAVING THEM COME BACK TO DOMINICA IS YES LET THEM IN, BUT I WILL SAY GOD CONDEMN GAYS HE SAY THEY ARE AN ABOMINATION.WHEN IT COMES TO THE HERB HE SAY I GIVE YU EVERY HERB BEARING SEEDS FOR MANS SERVICE. SO WHY IS SO MANY PEOPLE TURN AWAY FROM GOD LAWS AND GO WITH THE DEVILS LAWS.ITS A SHAME,
WE IN THIS WORLD WILL LEGALIZE GAYS TO GET MARRIED AND THE HERB WHICH BELONGS TO GOD THEY ARE AGAINST.
HERB HAS NEVER KILLED NO BODY AND YU CAN MAKE THE STRONGEST ROPE WITH IT, LONG LASTING OIL AND WONT POLLUTE THE AIR AND SO MANY OTHER THING.
YU CAN REALLY SEE THIS WORLD IS BEING RUN BY SATAN HIM SELF.THAT’S WHY GAYS ARE BEING ALLOWED TO DO ALL THERE NASTINESS AND THE PEOPLE JUST ACCEPT IT. THE PEOPLE ARE SO BLIND ALL THEY CAN THINK ABOUT IS MONEY.BLOODY SHAME. MONEY THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL.
THE HERB OPENS YOUR EYES TO THE INJUSTICE,CRAZY AND HEARTLESS WORLD WERE LIVING IN.IT EXPOSES SATAN AND HIS DIRTY PLANS.
GOD SAID IF YU SEE WITH YOUR EYES AND IT IS WRONG YU CAN JUDGE SO I AM JUDGING THE SODOM AND GOMORRAH THAT IS GOING ON IN THIS WORLD.
Relax people, the poll was rigged to support tourism, lol.
how true that is!
SOME SAY ALL SIN IS SIN. IF A 53 OLD MAN HAVE SEXS WITH YOUR 10 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER OR SON, WOULD YOU JUST SIMPLY SAY ALL SIN IS SIN? THAT IT IS A SIN LIKE ANY OTHER SIN? THINK ABOUT THAT.
well if all sin is not sin, all you have to do is give the different NAMES of SIN. they all come under one heading SIN. I want to know the name of the different SINS……….
So according to you, all hold the same weight. If a man kills your mother and another steals a tin of sardine; would you say there is no difference? they should not be treated differently?
Then, I think you worship the devil himself. It is only the devil and you that would tell people all sin is sin, so it is better you steal a million dollars than to curse, it make no difference.
If your point is that some sin hurts others while other sin affects only ourselves, then I’ll agree with you. Anyone who would believe that adults being homosexual with each other is as bad as sexually abusing a child has lost their moral compass.
CRIME IS CRIME. NO TECHNICALITY. THEY ARE BOTH CRIMINAL OFFENSES.
The two acts are both abnormal. Such people need to see a psychologist. So to is doing it with an animal.
my country smh…i really really really want to believe that it is the money
It seems that if a proper investigation has to be done in Dominica by the view of the pole conducted here that many Dominicans are no longer true Christians.
I would seriously like to hear the churches, priests and pastor and other religious and political leaders come out and speak on this matter. I find their silence, for the most part, very unsettling especially with all the rumors of buggery in official positions in all aspects and positions in the hierarchy of our beloved, supposedly God fearing country.
That’s the problem with some of my people, they make everything personal. What does being gay or straight have to to do with persons patronizing what our country has to offer. For the past years, gay cruises have come to or shores and there have been no issues until recently. Yes, two idiots made a bad choice, and paid for it, but none of us are prefect either.
All I’m saying is, as long as anyone/everyone is respectful to Dominica, our people, our culture and our laws they should be more than welcome to visit and should be inturn treated with respect gay or straight.
What I don’t understand is the people who think these tourists are spreading aids. So who are these Dominicans that partake in these runnings with tourists? And why is the Gov. and Police not cracking down on the prostitution? You have Spanish brothels in every other village. Is this legal? I didn’t think so. Well I guess it’s because those spanish girls with do things wifey won’t and they are pretty.
are you an inteligent person or not,no one is saying that the tourist are spreading the aids virus,what we are saying is that,the idea of a gay ship does not help in the effort to eliminate,the already existing health threat in dominica,we need to kill this homosexaul acts at home,ban this ships,and start a process.
That’s how the first strain originated. Good medium; flourished like hell. Now, it is all over. Alas!
what i dont understand is, we have a health system that is trying it’s best to eliminate all this types of life threatening viruses,and here we are willing to wellcome a culture which possess one of the most deadly viruses,this rot has existed withen dominicas society for generations,we have seen it’s effect on our community,we have seen a number of local homosexuals right here in dominica dead of aids,i am shocked we are not alarmed by the number,who knows of how many bysexual patners,that might be existing between our communities,and instead of trying to help support our fragile health system,we chose barrabas over christ,i say to you people this esclamation will only further and embolden the stench which is buggery withen dominicas society,what message you guys think that you sending to the gay community,i could imagine a buggerer from dominica,visiting some other caribbean country and expressing his self to other buggerers,oh we are well loved in my country,OMG
my bad,the word should have spelt,as within.
Amen, I couldn’t have said it better. But never mind all their votes and thumbs down, they are all over this web site voting in large numbers giving the impression that Dominica leaning towards the gay side..lol
You made some very valid points, it’s a national health issue, we cannot go down that slippery slope votes or not.
Anal sex is more likely to transmit AIDS, this is true. But AIDS is definitely not lImited to gays, nor are gays the only ones who have anal sex. There is a shocking lack of use of condoms in Dominica, as the number of illegitimate birhs well shows. Many of our countrymen either believe that they can’t get AIDS from a woman or think that condoms don’t work, and they are very wrong on both counts. Focusing too much on gays makes straight men less likely to get tested, or those who are mostly straight but get some “on the down low” hide it and then spread disease to women through unprotected sex. Condemning and criminalizing gays makes these problems worse.
One more point–lesbians are of course the lowest risk group for AIDS.
in the sweet by and by. we shall meet on that beautiful shore.we shall meet on that beautiful shore.
auhhhhhhhhhhh didn’t they allowed the gay cruise ship in Dominica? so whats up with the voting stuff? two man found guilty for their actions which is wrong Dominica an DNO have voting polls on that? wooooow can’t believe it
This does not mean a thing!I am glad the article said “majority of readers” and not majority of Dominicans.
True. I did not see it that way. Most of the votes could well be from gay readers in other parts of the world, e.g California.
With all due respect, we should help what happened not to repeat itself! We are STILL a peaceful, loving nation and just as ALL are welcome in the heavenly Kingdom–all should be welcome in Dominica. Dominica!
How could the non repentant sinners be welcomed to heaven? You expect the gays to repent?
Have to wonder what percentage of those participating in the poll: 1) voted multiple times and, 2) don’t even live in the Caribbean, much less Dominica.
Good facts. There is no doubt that some gays voted 50 times. DNO should say how many of the votes came from out of Da.
How many were gay??? The poll is rather ambiguous
@ God is truth….Go away you hypocrite.People like you keep crying God God yet you all are the biggest sinners ever.I’m sure you’ve been poked a few places where it’s not allowed, be gone Satan stop correcting sins.
Okay, I’ve been reading a lot of comments about this “Gay Cruise” and quite frankly I’m disappointed in my fellow Dominicans for boldly condoning this sinful act of these sodomites.
One of their many arguments is that “Gay people are born this way and so we should not judge them. Okay, fair enough. But, take this into consideration, the same scientist also claim that murderers, thieves, rapists and so on are also born with these characteristics. So why are are putting these people in jail if they are found guilty of the aforementioned? I mean it’s not like it is their fault right? I guess we should let them live, let them go, because after all they are just doing what they were born to do.
Come on people, I’m not saying that they are not human or anything, I’m simply saying it is wrong. You know it I know it and the heavenly father knows it. I guess those of you who are for it are the biggest hypocrites.
You reached as far as to give them the right to engage in ‘marriage’. No place in the bible does it say that marriage is between the same sex. His word is yesterday, today and forever.
Sooooo True.
they were thinking about the money people not the sin
Money is the root of all evil. That’s why some people use money to get persons to commit crime. But the encourager is just as guilty as the one committing the crime.
Dominica needs as much tourism as possible and if it’s gay then we should not discriminate. They are people too and the Heavenly Father alone can judge us. some of us that condemn these people, their hearts may be more black than the gays. All sin is sin and we shall all see one day. You all don’t realise that people make a living out there selling to these people and if there is no tourism alot of people will be out of work.
so u does see vole walking around saying ‘vole and proud” and even want to steal infront of u.lol
most of those voters were young women between the ages of 17-30
A stupid readers poll is not going to determine our country’s future and the future of it’s citizens. Just poll, that’s all. Go way wit dat nonsense
My dear friends, fellow Dominicans. I do not believe personally that the gay cruises should be tolerated or encouraged in our country or anywhere in the region. Each individual country will have to make an individual decision but I really think that it is a bad practice to encourage these cruises. I used to work on a cruiseliner but was fortunate enough to never have to work on a gay cruise. I say fortunate enough because, though I do not hate the ‘sinners’ but instead hate the sin involved in this activity, I am totally against providing them with a venue or a platform for promotion of this sort of activity. When you have a situation where a gay couple is on a normal cruise, they will generally abide by the rules and will behave in a manner considered acceptable when in a public place. However, whenever they are together in such large numbers at an event or venue where the vast majority, if not all the persons there accept their open expressions of love towards each other, they behave like they have suddenly been ‘liberated’ and they tend to go ‘overboard’ with those expressions. This is why I do not believe that they should be encouraged or accepted in such large numbers. They feed off each other’s support and feel the need to make a point which results in a situation where one who is not in support of their activities, is forced to share their experience whether one likes it or not. Let us imagine for example a cruise with two thousand gay people off loading at port and busloads travelling to different sites around the island, arriving at each one in overwhelming numbers. Just imagine how the other tourists or locals who are present may feel when they are suddenly cast into the middle of a large group of gay folks who are suddenly making the point that they are there and that they MUST BE ACCEPTED. This may not be considered a pleasant experience by those who do not find it acceptable to have two men kissing and fondling in there presence, so one can imagine how it would feel for these persons suddenly having to deal with dozens of them engaging in this activity in a public place, encouraged by their strength in numbers. I believe that the vast majority of those polled may have voted yes for one of two reason, namely apathy and/or necessity. By necessity I mean that people are finding it so hard financially at present that they are willing to take money from whom so ever may provide it and will therefore turn a blind eye to that which they think will not affect them or their families PERSONALLY. I believe that we have come to a point in our societies worldwide where values have deteriorated drastically and things are getting worse. One no longer feels able or important enough to make a difference. This is why I pointed out apathy as one of the reasons. Our children no longer get correct by their parents much less others in society. Everyone seems afraid to make his or her observation or contribution for fear of being frowned upon or ridiculed. In the middle of all this, the gay communities are growing in numbers, strength and influence and they are pushing for us to all accept them and their expressions as mainstream and ‘normal’. They want it accepted in every facet of society and are marching on with that agenda. Our side of society is becoming defenceless as we are loosing our values system fast. No one is willing to stand up any more for those values as the strength of those values is being undermined by financial necessity. As a result of this change, people are willing to give up values previously held in order to partake in the sale of drugs, human trafficking, prostitution, murder and kidnap for money and much more. Our children are being groomed from infancy to accept gay/lesbian activity as normal. Gay and lesbian couples want legal rights never before afforded to them. They are now legally adopting children into gay/lesbian relationships; something which will result in the adoptation of these tendencies by many of the children cast into these situations of indoctrination by governments who no longer hold the ‘old fashion values’ dear. Many of the political decision makers are from the gay/lesbian community and so the political and social landscape is being changed in their favour.
So my dear friends, I am saying that though I do not have a problem with humans having individual choice, because after all, God himself has given us that right, I do not believe that it should be encouraged or legislated when we know it to be an activity contrary to the laws of God our Father and Creator and Ruler. We can love our brothers and sisters and in a respectful way, engage in conversation with them as to why we see this activity as wrong and why we do not agree with it. But we should at no time give in to a situation where, for whatever reason, we are ACCEPTING IT AS NORMAL BEHAVIOUR AND EVEN PROMOTING IT IN A WAY THAT WILL AFFECT OUR SOCIETY MOVING FORWARD. We have to maintain a sense of right and wrong and must be prepared to stand for what is right as the norm in our society, and condemn that which we see to be wrong. We have to be willing to contribute to the betterment of our society, the improvement of attitudes and general behaviour in public as well as in private. We as the adults, have a responsibility to teach the children good and bad, to entrench in the the values which we uphold and have upheld for generations and must not allow the dominance of a new culture with promotes disrespectful and uncaring behaviour over love, peace and mutual respect. Mutual respect requires that those of us in the community who may be gay, respect the laws relating to exposure, respect the public decency expected of us all (both gay and straight), and that we learn to make our own decisions in life but never push our sexual preferences down others throats to the extent that we want our way to become THE WAY and to reflect and affect PUBLIC POLICY!!!! Please my people, think again and if you change your minds, write in to DNO and say so!!!! Thank you all and God bless our nation, our leadership, our people and ALL THE DECISIONS MADE ON THEIR BEHALF!!! One love……peace out
You make a lot of sense there, but hard read. It would read better if you use paragraphs(with a space between) like de one Belzbob did below.
I’ve been following this news for quite some time.I am disappointed in some of u that would tell ppl how to live their lives.Most of u casting stones like in a house surrounded by glass.What happens in the privacy of ur bedroom is not my business,i really dont care, this is between u and god.Citizens or not we have laws and laws were put in place for a reason,to be respected.Should we question ppls sexuality,their preference? I’m happy they were punished for what they did IN PUBLIC.But I’m all for the gay ship coming on this island.So for most of u sitting on ur high horse judging ppl remember when u point one finger at someone there’s pointing back u.
ehemmm I don’t have a money tree, neither does the majority of average Dominicans, and I have yet to see a dollar bill posing itself like it gay, I have my share of sins on my long cross so I am NO JUDGE of men, I can be my Brothers Keeper, but not his mate…….I say the cruise can come, once the people on board RESPECT OUR COUNTRYMEN AND LAWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
we not selling our self respect and we have enough people “in high places” bending and breaking our laws.
so please respect the law, as you would in America.
people even if I don’t approve of this lifestyle, we must be diplomatic in addressing this.. we must use our god given human intellect to REASON.
are we really saying that we don’t want these people money????
I’m going out on a limb here, because I know the ignorant tendency of those who are less inclined to reason to say “oh you gay!!”
but come on people. 1 is always better than 0 at the end of the day…..like the bus driver said on the news. milk and pampers not FREE
Clearly we have alot more here
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than i thought, God help us
Princess —
It is sad but you seem to be absolutely correct. It is either that or we are in such a bad and failing economic state that we don’t care what we do to earn money anymore. If such is the case, why do we arrest thieves? Thieves break the law to make a living. We are breaking our own laws by allowing known and professed buggers into our island. I’m definitely sure that if there was a cruise ship of professed thieves the majority of Dominicans would vote in the opposite.
Again, I just want to ask all the God loving people in the tourism industry in Dominica, what would Jesus do? Would Jesus welcome the gay cruise ships into heaven? Are we trying to be more worldly or more Christlike? And for those that believe in other religions, do their saviors make provisions for gay people to be welcomed at their sides?
It is an abomination to commit these acts and to even have these thoughts. So says our book that guides our moral code. So says the book we use in the courts to promise to be truthful.
Anyway, I guess the majority of DNO voters have spoken, but that’s not the majority on the island and I hope that the gay infiltration in Dominica does not use this to think they can become more bold in society.
My country, what is wrong with us? Morality is on a downfall and so is prosperity. Why can’t we see that?
i guess is all dem men dem dat vote yes more dan once.
@G O D is Truth….. We cannot judge anyone irrespective of Race, Color, Creed, Religion or sexual orientation. That is reserved for the Heavenly Father, do let’s not be quick to condemn.., to each his own as long as they don’t try to impose their values on you and me..
So let’s not…
Yes we can judge people as per sexual preference. It says so in our law and in the word of God.
Our law says that it is illegal to commit such acts.
God says that to even think of such an act is one of the greatest sins against him. He has given us the precedent as to how to judge a man according to his sexual preference and actions.
I guess you don’t take into consideration the country’s laws or God’s laws when you make such comments as we can’t judge people. Why then do we have a court system? Why then when we folly we say we have sinned? Why must we ask forgiveness when we have sinned against another?
We have to be careful and take a lot into consideration when we offer up our opinions.
You people amaze me! You talk about laws and the bible and yet you are selective in applying laws and the bible..Whoever you are I respect your opinion but respect mine… The bible also talks about keeping the sabbath, murder, stealing, lying, idolatry, adultery, gluttony, to name a few!!! If we are going to talk about laws and the bible then LET’S FOLLOW ALL…
Good facts. Hot debate. I agree with you 100%.
Some say we discrimanate against the gays. But the gays are the ones who are discriminating; the reason they orhainise a cuise only for the gays. It is their joint effort to promote that kind of life.
The people like Adam and Eve just want to taste the forbidden fruit. It will have the same consequences as was with Adam and Eve. our Garden of Eden will in some form be taken away from us. We have a law against homosexuality because buggery is the root of homosexuality, our Christian faith calls it an abomination and we talk nonsense about each to his own sexual preference just because we want money from the gays? If this is so then remove the law from the books and let the local gays who must be in the majority with this poll run free like the gay tourists. Charity begins at home. But then wait till our children start to tell us that each should be free to choose their sexual preference, what would we say then? sow the wind reap the whirlwind.
Thank you Dominica!
I do not think we as sinners have the right
to judge anyone according to their life stlye
If we condem “Gay people” what happen to all
the other sins e.g adultery jealousy, hatred
blasphemy,murder,talking and lying on people
is being gay a higher level of sin. The couple
who were arrested broke the law. They were
prosecuted charged and i agree with that.
As long as the visitors adhere to the laws of the
land for me no problem, We are all sinners .
but do we boast our sins and try to make them legal and acceptable??
This poll not scientific, skewed because those gays just get all their pips to vote as many times, because it means a lot to them. Nothing to worry about, they on a mission, but most rather marijuana legalized than THAT.
allu want to look at everything biblical. after allu will say dominica doe have money when crusie passengers bring in money to the d*** country. allu doe no what allu want? we are not supporting buggery. we are supporting people visting our lovely country and making a contribution. think outside of the box please small minded people…..
de way u talking seems u would sell your mother for a few silver pieces. let righteousnesss prevail and prosperity will flow onto this land like milk and honey!!
DOMINICANS…U NOT EASY….BETTER WAS EXPECTED OF U, BUT I GUESS IT CAN ALSO BE SAID THAT A LOT OF PERSONS DIDNT PARTICIPATE IN THIS POLL.
Every one of you that voted yes, the Heavenly Father knows your heart. He said in his word, that you should not be a partaker of other men’s sins. God have mercy on your souls
shut up
You’re entitled to your opinion and I respect that but doesn’t the bible says Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged!and Let Him Who is Without Sin Cast the First Stone? We should pray for each other instead of criticizing and judging each other. You’re no better than an gay person just because you’re straight. We all have flaws.
Have you ever taken part in a hot debate? I would give @God is truth 100% and you @Help 0%. Why? the person said the heavenly Father knows your heart. @help, what kind of buzzing ambassador are you? Give me a break!
@God is truth.. I hope for your sake your soul is clean and well saved.
The lord also calls for us to love our neighbours without contempt. We all call on God saying its an abomination yet you out rightly judge your neighbor and discriminate against them.
@ God is truth- you doe have sins? sacway sot!