Unbalanced Gay Group Calls For Jamaica Boycott

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Singling out Jamaica as a target for reasons known to them, when crime rates against gays in America and the Middle East is significantly higher than the island nation, California activist and American politician Bevan Dufty and his gay group, with ties to Hollywood, has called for a boycott of Jamaican beer and rum.

Now, what did the Jamaican liquor industry do to you. Their advertising and products are free from any kind of bias. Yet Dufty and co. nastily want people to boycott all things Jamaican, creating their own embargo against the island, similar to what has been done to Cuba for being communist. In the international community, that is negatively referred to as a pattern of abusing and trying to destroy smaller nations.

This is the most bizarre, unbalanced and ignorant boycott I have ever witnessed, as it is not being called against an offending person, product or company that caused some grievance, but an entire nation of men, women, children and babies, full of innocent people, with a small minority (in number) of people being the offending party.

Leading gay rights groups in Jamaica have publicly condemned the boycott online, "Jamaican homosexual group Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, and Gays (J-Flag) in a release posted on the Internet disapproved of the position taken by their counterparts in the US." 

For them to assume the entire nation is homophobic is ignorant stereotyping, showing they do not know Jamaica at all. I find their conduct racist, xenophobic and nasty and I know Dufty and co. would not do such a thing to a white nation.

At a time when U.S. president Barack Obama has sought to improve ties between America and the world, after the regrettable manner in which George W. Bush brought widespread, international scrutiny, condemnation and world anger upon the nation, via the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and blatant violations of global treaties, this unprecedented step shall undermine it, burning bridges. But it is your Constitutional right.

However, what if other nations took the unprecedented step, as you have, of publicly calling for a boycott of all American goods and services, over the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and blatant violations of global treaties, the Bush administration initiated. What if they registered a site urging the entire world to boycott America, as you have crazily done regarding Jamaica.

I'm sure Dufty and co. would be displeased. However, no one has done that in the international community, as it is globally viewed as an extreme step, damaging world relations.

Why is Dufty and co. concerned with Jamaica all of a sudden, when more gays have been attacked and killed in America. Just last week an 11-year-old boy killed himself in America after being bullied relentlessly by classmates. He is one of many this has happened to.

A transgender rapper was viciously beaten last month by a California gang for being a homosexual. Thousands of gays have been killed in America due to their sexual orientation.

According to FBI statistics, hate crimes against gays have risen sharply in America. Therefore, using their premise of crimes against gays as grounds, why didn't Dufty and co. not call for a boycott of America. That's called hypocrisy.

In closing, I have a question I would like Dufty and co. to answer, to gauge the level of hatefulness and racism they are operating under. HIV and AIDS have greatly impacted the gay community. Say a cure came out of Jamaica, would you boycott that as well.

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They are protesting against what they claim to be an increase in attacks against homosexuals in Jamaica. The group is calling its demonsration, the Boycott Jamaica Campaign.

Bevan Dufty a member of the gay-rights group says he has arranged a meeting with the honorary consul of Jamaica for San Francisco, Dr Newton Gordon to highlight their concern.

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