Christians protest Court challenge to buggery law

Jun 24, 2013

KINGSTON, Jamaica - HUNDREDS of Christians staged two mass meetings at opposite ends of the island yesterday in protest against a challenge to the buggery law scheduled to be heard in the Supreme Court tomorrow. The protest in Kingston, the capital city, was held at National Heroes Park, while in Montego Bay, on the island’s north coast, the demonstrators gathered in Sam Sharpe Square, named in honour of the Jamaican National Hero who led a rebellion against slavery in 1831.

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