Comments on: Jamaican woman asks not to be deported due to her sexuality

By: Kizzy

Kizzy — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:06:02 +0000

Well, I think that she should pay for her crimes. Americans who travel abroad and are caught trafficking drugs, do hard time, and are treated very inhumane. I’m a straight female, but would love to move to Canada where gays are treated like respectable citizens. I love America, but I’m so tired of all the homophobia here.

By: phillena

phillena — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:10:40 +0000

I don’t know if she is gay but if they can prove it she should not be deported. Both my parents are Jamaican and when i came out to them about me being a lesbian, shit hit the fan. My dad is still telling me he should disown me. I am 18, when i came out i was 16. Jamaica’s views on homosexuality is so ignorant it is hard to believe.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:00:34 +0000

I agree with Bob from Arlingoton, Va. that last comment was nothing more than a bigoted gratuitous insult without supporting evidence.

I also agree that she doesn’t seem to have any history of lesbian attachements before she was convicted. Breaking the law is a poor repayment for a country that takes you in.

By: Jose

Jose — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:00:56 +0000

Send the bitch back! She’s not in the UK because she escaped Jamaica due to persecution. Why visit a country where you’ll constantly be afraid for your life because of who you are?? That’s one country I have no desire whatsoever to visit. It’s a blip worth missing in world travel.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:03:19 +0000

Kari I don’t think Thomas was purposely misspelling your name, even enlarging it and putting on glasses it’s hard to see that it’s an I and not a L.

By: Lenworth

Lenworth — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:34:49 +0000

I keep seeing this, “If your in that country, you need to abide by the law,” bullcrap. Now I do realize that the “war on drugs” is a touchy subject, but lets remember.

How many of us were breaking the law when sodomy laws were still in use even here in the U.S? Since I’m a left wing hippy, its my opinion that substance use should fall upon idividual choice, and that we should legalize them because everyone has a right to somewhat destroy there own body, but thats not even my point.

My point is that since some Laws are ridiculous, and “sometimes” ludicrous to abide by, should we really poo poo and turn up our noses at this women? She won’t be treated like other inmates if she gets sent to prison, she’ll get treated unfairly because of who she choses to love, and we be put at even greater risk there.

By: Morgan

Morgan — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:20:51 +0000

Bob,
We have no proof of if she is or isn’t, plus anything can happen in prison and does. Men who are weaker and prettier are often forced into a sexual role by stronger and tougher men whether they want it or not and the same could have happened to her with women stronger than her. And we don’t know her past history and we don’t know her motivations.

But sympathy or not, she can’t go back to a country where she’d murdered very soon after arrival.

By: Dave OS

Dave OS — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:37:10 +0000

She is a drug dealer and should be deported…. end of story. She is lucky she wasn’t doing these crimes in Singapore, then she would be going for “a short drop and a sudden stop” on the gallows.

By: boB

boB — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:52:13 +0000

@ Jeff, Nice choice of words. I almost choked on my coffee.
“I think her claim to being a lesbian seems to be fishy.”

By: Robert, NYC

Robert, NYC — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:10:58 +0000

Thomas, NO British commonwealth member state has any immigration rights to the UK. They are independent nations, they gave up that right to migrate to the UK when they demanded their independence, just as no Brit has an automatic right to reside in the U.S. a former colony. This woman committed a serious crime, she like any other, native British citizen or not would be prosecuted in the same way except that a native of course cannot be deported anywhere. If I were to do the same in her country, I’d not only be deported but possibly harmed physically. One’s sexual orientation has nothing to do with it.

I regret that you didn’t find British hospitality in general very pleasant but you seem to paint the entire country with the same brush. I’ve been treated with the upmost respect and have never had any negative experience every time I’ve been in the UK. I’m sure there are some people in your country who may not be very hospitable to foreigners, especially Brits, but I’m not going to write off the entire Irish people because of the actions of a few. There is prejudice in every society including the U.S. The fact that Jamaica is hostile to LGBT people doesn’t mean that every Jamaican behaves in the same manner, its current anti-gay stance notwithstanding. Your comments about the Brits would imply that you’re now an anti-Brit racist, odd considering that many Irish nationals live, work and vote in the UK for decades. I wonder what it is they and myself see that you don’t?