COMMUNIQUE
FROM CARIBBEAN CAUSE [1]
APPENDIX
TO COMMUNIQUE [1]
Domestic
Partnership Bill in the Cayman Islands
July 24, 2020:
The Caribbean CAUSE, a grouping of individuals and churches
from 17 Caribbean territories including the Cayman Islands,
is issuing this Communique in order to express its concerns about
the fact and manner in which the Members of the Legislative
Assembly of the Cayman Islands are being forced into establishing
a legal entity called a "same sex union" because of the
ruling in Oliari v Italy by the European Court of Human
Rights (ECtHR).
This ruling by the ECtHR is in fact an
ideological imposition and no court has the authority to impose
its preferred ideology on any society. The ideology within which a
society forms its laws and public policy is the prerogative of the
people and the people only. It must be noted, that some 90% of the
population of the Caribbean islands probed, reject the concept of
same- sex marriage.
The ruling is an ideological
imposition because the people of the Cayman Islands have
formulated their laws and public policy within the philosophical
framework that design and purpose are necessary features of the
universe; hence the definition of marriage in the constitution as
a union between a man and a woman. This design defines normality.
Any construct which defies design is therefore
abnormal.
Homosexuality is not consistent with design
and is therefore abnormal. It is illogical to create "rights"
to that which is abnormal and such "rights"
should not be imposed on
any society.
In creating a so-called "right"
to same-sex union the ECtHR is either being completely illogical
or imposing another philosophy for law and public policy on the
citizens of the Cayman Islands. Neither of those positions is
tenable.
This is Judicial Activism. It is
contrary to the requirement for separation of powers between the
Legislature and the Judiciary and sets a dangerous precedent for
the governance of all our countries.
It is
instructive to note the part that raw political power has played
in the current assertion that "homosexuality
is a normal variant of human sexuality"
which is the basis for the
present situation in the Cayman Islands.
The
American Psychiatric Association (APA) is arguably the most
influential psychiatric body in the world. Its final
decision to remove homosexuality from its list of mental disorders
was by vote in 1973 after the organisation was subjected to severe
and sustained political pressure by the "gay
rights movement".
Members
of the "gay
rights movement"
picketed and actually stormed some of the APA meetings seeking the
removal of homosexuality as a mental disorder listed in the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM). Eventually after
political action by members of the "gay rights movement"
both within and outside of the APA, the organisation responded to
the political pressure by first changing its definition of mental
illness. The Board of Trustees (BOT) subsequently removed
homosexuality from its list of disorders based on the new
definition of mental illness. Some members of the profession
protested this approach by the BOT, so a decision was taken to
have all members of the APA vote on the BOT"s decision.
58% of psychiatrists voted in favour of the BOT"s decision.
After being removed from the DSM, homosexuality was designated a
"sexual orientation disturbance." Fourteen
years later, homosexuality was declared to be normal.
It
should be noted that the process to make homosexuality "normal"
was neither medical nor
scientific. Barbara Gittings was a member of the 1972
panel that considered removing homosexuality from the list of
mental disorders and a proponent for its removal. She is reported
to have said that "the decision to remove homosexuality from
the list of mental health disorders happened quickly
because the decision was not medical."
The APA cited
research by Evelyn Hooker in arriving at its decision. However,
this work was heavily criticised by Dr. Thomas Landess former
Academic Dean at the University of Dallas and former Policy
Analyst at the U.S. Department of Education.
In
the conclusion of his critique of her paper and its subsequent use
to facilitate pro- homosexual legislation through the courts, Dr.
Landess warned:
"This unquestioning acceptance of
"authorities" on the basis of professional reputation or
political correctness threatens the integrity of our legal system.
Judges must take greater responsibility for assessing the
soundness and accuracy of testimony by so-called experts; yet,
paradoxically, such a task is manifestly beyond the competence of
the court. This dilemma is the consequence of the politicizing of
the scientific community over the past several decades,
particularly in questions of sexuality. The recent exposure of
Kinsey's errors indicates just how long researchers have been
careless or deliberately misleading in approaching sexual
questions. And the widespread acclamation of recent, flawed
studies "proving" that homosexuality is inherited
genetically is evidence that the problem has only worsened over
the years."
Early
in the life of the LGBT political movement, its advocates sought
to claim that being homosexual was both genetically determined and
immutable and in fact, identical to race. This concept has
been debunked by science. A report on a large study on
genes in the Scientific American has stated,
"It's
the end of the "gay gene"".
Also, in Position Statement PS02/2014 issued in April 2014 the UK
Royal College of Psychiatrists stated that sexual
orientation was not immutable.
It is incontrovertible
fact that the AIDS pandemic started in 1981 in American cities
that had removed their buggery laws. This can be explained
by the behaviour of male homosexuals in bathhouses in those
cities. We now know that Men who have Sex with Men (MSM)
have higher rates of HIV infections than the general population
because of the practise of buggery and the fact that they can play
both roles in the practise (role reversal). Of all intimate
practises buggery carries the highest risk for HIV transmission
because of the high concentration of cells of the immune system
in the rectum. These cells are the targets of the infection.
The LGBT political ideology is a desire driven
political agenda. There is no evidence that this political agenda
results in benefit to the society at large but
there is
considerable evidence of the harm it does. This includes the AIDS
pandemic, the suppression of freedom of speech, freedom of
conscience, parental rights and the rights of children to grow
with their biological parents and siblings.
Some three
thousand years ago Aristotle had the wisdom and insight to note
that "Law should be reason free of desire".
Unfortunately it is a lesson that western democracies have
failed to learn as presently in providing
legal and political support to a distorted
desire western democracies are making "law based on desire
free of reason" and
the Cayman Islands are being forced to follow suit because of
judicial activism and an illogical ruling from the ECtHR.
In
consideration of the above we advise the people of the Cayman
Islands, through the Members of the Legislative Assembly, to
reject what is an illogical and harmful act of judicial
activism by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the
ideology that it represents. The LGBT political ideology is not
only illogical but is also totalitarian and a threat to the people
of the Cayman Islands.
Representative contacts:
Jamaica
-
Dr Wayne West
(876) 372-7304
Anguilla-
Rev. Phillip Gumbs
(264) 476-1156
Barbados- Dr Veronica
Evelyn
(246) 234-5421
Cayman Islands -
Pastor Torrance Bobb
(345) 916-5639
Curacao -
Pastor Said
Flores
(599) 9560 3911
Trinidad and Tobago- Bishop Victor Gill
(868)
292-0972
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APPENDIX
TO COMMUNIQUE [1]
Caribbean CAUSE is an
alliance of Christians organisations that challenge anti-biblical
and anti-scientific ideologies, law and policies in the public
here and work towards stability and sustainable development of the
region by defending and promoting biblical values in their
respective Caribbean societies and beyond.
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