{"id":156379,"date":"2022-07-24T11:03:58","date_gmt":"2022-07-24T15:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=156379"},"modified":"2022-07-24T11:03:58","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T15:03:58","slug":"montserrat-christian-council-opposes-same-sex-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/montserrat-christian-council-opposes-same-sex-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Montserrat Christian Council opposes same-sex marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Montserrat Christian Council has taken a firm stance against the imposition of same-sex marriage on the island.\u00a0CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES.<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>

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This follows the tabling of legislation in the United Kingdom earlier this month, to make same-sex marriage lawful throughout the British Overseas Territories \u2013 including Montserrat.<\/p>\n

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But Chairman of the Montserrat Christian Council, Rev. Gesner Louis-Charles in response to the legislation said the island of Montserrat will not compromise the word of God.<\/p>

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\u201cLet the whole world know that we have no issue here in Montserrat, we are peaceful people. If other countries have their issues, we have no issue here. Let the whole world know that we will not compromise the world of God. It\u2019s one man and one woman.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not going to compromise it, we will stand by it, we will die with it in our hand. That will never change \u2013 If you want to shoot me where I stand, come here and shoot me \u2013 that\u2019s fine. Let the whole world know that the Christian council where we are, that will not pass,\u201d Louis Charles who was speaking during a prayer and thanksgiving service held here last week.<\/p>

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\u201cIf you have your own stand, we have no issue, that is your belief that\u2019s fine. If you are in need we will feed you. But as to follow you \u2013 that will not happen over our dead body \u2013 the Lord is on our side. With Bible in our hand, we are not going to compromise our faith \u2026\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Lord Michael Cashman, a legislator in Britain\u2019s House of Lords,\u00a0introduced a Private Members\u2019 Bill\u00a0\u00a0to make same-sex marriage legal in the Cayman Islands and other British Overseas Territories.<\/p>

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The bill extends to six overseas territories where same-sex marriage is currently unlawful \u2013 the Cayman Islands, Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.<\/p>

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If the bill passes, it would make marriage between same-sex couples legal and would empower local governors to make changes to the law to allow homosexual couples to wed.<\/p>\n

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