Speaker of the House of Assembly Patricia Deveaux said yesterday she can’t weigh in on the marital rape debate because she isn’t married. “You know, it’s sort of tough for the speaker to weigh in exceptionally on that; one, because I’m not married, so I really don’t think that I’ll have a fair balance,” Deveaux
On the same day that Speaker of the House of Assembly Patricia Deveaux said she won’t weigh in on the marital rape issue because she is not married, Deputy Speaker Sylvanus Petty said he supports criminalizing marital rape, even if it costs him his political career. “Definitely, this is my opinion,” said Petty when asked
The proposed amendment to the Sexual Offences Act to criminalize marital rape could result in civil unions, Bahamas Christian Council President Bishop Delton Fernander has claimed, though he provided no clear explanation on how that could happen. The Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill, 2022 would change section three of the current law by removing the words
After Bahamas Christian Council (BCC) President Bishop Delton Fernander vowed to push back against what he said is the government’s intrusion into the financial affairs of the church, the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) yesterday sought to quell his concerns. “The outreach to the non-profit organization (NPO) sector aims to gather information based on
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