So, no, it wasn’t about Montego Bay Pride “humbly seeking another venue.” There was simply NONE available! And for his information, LGBT people are tax-paying citizens who have the right of full access to the SECULAR public space, which is the Montego Bay Cultural Centre. And those venues that had confirmed actually cancelled on us because of what the mayor said. Is that NO OTHER venue would host Montego Bay Pride after the mayor’s statement whipped up so much homophobia in the city.
Thomas is unaware of (or simply being disingenuous in not mentioning since it was clearly stated in the article about my lawsuit) However, this is often not the case in the area of LGBT human rights in Jamaica, thanks to the stranglehold that anti-LGBT religious groups such as Thomas’ ironically named “Love March Movement” have on all levels of our democracy/theocracy. Thomas that, as a lawyer, I have no delusions about the challenges associated with bringing legal cases and I would have much preferred to negotiate settlements. Vincent, as these are being pursued by other brave activists. Hardly! But contrary to his statement, I have NO LGBT cases in Trinidad or St. Thomas for the vaunted assessment of my work, it is amazing that he thinks me so powerful as to compare to the church-supported tragic decimation of native cultures that followed the Spanish conquest of the New World.
He also asserts that Montego Bay Pride’s request to use the publicly funded Cultural Centre for a series of events was another attempt to push our dreaded agenda down people’s throats. Daniel Thomas’ letter “Tomlinson’s Pride-Filled Conquest” in the Jamaica Observer newspaper with humour.Īmong other things, Thomas hysterically claimed that I was some sort of “super don” LGBT conquistador invading and forcing Caribbean states to submit to the “LGBT agenda”. … When it comes to these LGBT conquistadors, the nice guys, no matter how polite and caring, finish last.” …Įvery western society is at risk for complete invasion and submission as the LGBT agenda never voluntarily stops. “The culture war is on, and the prime aggressors are LGBT activists who see no limits to their destructive and intolerant agenda.
In his letter to the Jamaica Observer, Thomas said: In Jamaica’s latest debate over LGBT rights, anti-gay crusader Daniel Thomas opposes “the LGBT agenda” in a letter to the editor that gay-rights activist Maurice Tomlinson says is “incredibly dangerous, if not deadly.”ĭaniel Thomas, founder of the anti-gay Love March Movement in Jamaica.