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May 7, 2013

Do you support decriminalizing sodomy?

And tonight’s question is: Do you support decriminalizing sodomy? Yes or no. Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll at channel5belize.com. You can also send an email with your comments to questions@channel5belize.com.


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251 Responses for “Do you support decriminalizing sodomy?”

  1. Janz says:

    No.

  2. Heidi says:

    I vote Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

  3. Lianne Awe says:

    I vote NO! The Word of the Lord declares in Romans 1:27 and vs 32 “…men leaving the natural use of women burned in their lust for one another, men committing what is shameful, receiving in themselves the error which is due…..vs 32 …those who practice such things are deserving of death not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.

  4. kelsie says:

    No i do not support unibam…..No!!

  5. Jordan says:

    noooo!

  6. chloe says:

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  7. M Ritchie says:

    no

  8. Chuck says:

    Of course yes. Legalize it. There are more young people becoming aware of the fact that gay people pose no threat to them. We are all Belizeans we just love differently. Belize is filled with young people and we all are okay with the idea of homosexuals.

  9. Righteousness in Belize says:

    I vote NO! The changing of Section 53 will demoralize Belize even more than it already is. We know the homosexuals are coming out of the woodwork more and more, but giving them a legal right to rape boys and men, to marry and to adopt children will unravel the very threads of the Belizean society. It’s time to stand up for righteousness in the country of Belize. Victory for the churches and for the righteous – God be praised!!.

  10. Righteousness in Belize says:

    I vote NO! When did the people in the world allow themselves to be convinced of such an abomination as the homosexual act by the supposedly few who practice such perversion? The Bible has proven itself to be right once again: “,,,in the last days, what is evil will seem right to people, and what is right will seem evil.” Open your eyes people, stop the evil from contaminating Belize!

  11. antonio teul says:

    No!!!!! No!!!! I am against what man says. Am with what God says!!!

  12. Wendy says:

    It is incredible to read this stupidity!! Who are you to pass judgement on other human beings in regards to what they do in their bedrooms?? I know for sure that many, many heterosexual Belizians do things in their bedrooms, without love, that are far worse than what you are railing up about!!
    Homosexuals do NOT lure young people in.
    Wake up everyone! This isn’t about God, it is about a person’s life and happiness. You don’t “catch” it so what is the big deal??
    If you believe it is a God thing so be it. This isn’t your problem – is they who have sinned – not you.
    Let it go! There are far more important things to put your energy into in a positive way.

  13. ese says:

    NNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  14. El Gringo says:

    NO ABSOLUTELY NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

  15. ese says:

    noooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  16. INIKI ZUNIGA says:

    No

  17. Baffled person says:

    I won’t post some long @$$ conveluted speech to make myself sound smart or sophiticate but my opinions and thoughts alone and I will not answer anyone who has a commenr towards this post so don’t even bother, I have a life out there to live. For one, yes everyone is entitled to their own opinion, yes if you do not like gay human beings then so be it, mainly because “one” we do not “require” anyones acceptance for the way we choose to live. The fact that so many in a small 3RD WORLD COUNTRY are being so ignorant about this is just completelt foolish. Yes the bible this and the bible that, god this and god that, that’s all I can read “is religion the only defense? Cause if it is then wow, kudos, religion is ised as a shell for so many reasons not just to be against my fellow homosexuals. Not to mention a good amount of people in the cthe country are hypocrites in a whole, if you live an honest life then by all means good for you, bit ee live honest lives too. Towards men who are against it, don’t flatter yourselves we don’t want to have sex with you, i can’t begin to count the amount of “straight” guys who i’ve rejected sex. As far as women, well sorry guys we just don’t like vaginas face it,. We’re all human whether you like it or not and no one in this life has any right to tell another human being what it is they are suppose to like, how dare people even be like that, stop using the bible as your defense, back then there were so many laws that a person may get killed for, the bible has been revised many times and if you say “oh it focused on being against homosexuality in there” does it? Or is that just what you actually decided to read the bible for to prove a stupid point or what you wanted to read?. If I have an evil spirit then so be it, I could care less. I know i’m a good person whp just wants to live a good life. So I vote yes. Imagine your brother or sister was gay, i’m actually afraid of the amount of people who would disown their own blood for such a silly reason. We’re not demons, we’re fabulously awesome, people need to realize just because your gay, it does not mean a man will act and feel femenine, hell no! I love being a man and I love men, the sad part is that in belize more than HALF of society just want something to fight for or against. Just stop, stop worrying about what others do, I swear its like ya’ll have no lives.

  18. Henry Dueck says:

    NO NOWAY!!!
    i cant beleive such a nasty thing even comes into consideration.
    anybody that thinks it is normal, really needs help.
    We need to pray for them.

  19. Aaron Meighan says:

    I vote no!!! I am a proud gay male

  20. Right Living in Belize says:

    NO! NO! NO! I vote NO! When did the people in the world allow themselves to be convinced of such an abomination as the homosexual act by the supposedly few who practice such perversion? The Bible has proven itself to be right once again: “,,,in the last days, what is evil will seem right to people, and what is right will seem evil.” Open your eyes people, stop the evil from contaminating Belize!

  21. kelsie says:

    homosexuality is an evil ack…..no i do not support!!

  22. john says:

    i Say yes…. ppl need to realize that gay ppl are not the evil ones. Try fi me all a the haters is not you who is going to pay for thie sin but the sinner, if you dont have nothing to worry about why should you be thinking wat would GOD do. Let GOD be the judge of our lifestlye not you. And yes you are born that way i remember as a child you could have said i was going to turn out gay… and that is because i didnt even know what gay was. The churches need to focus on bigger thing than Homosexuality and stop brain washing everyone into believing that being gay is a crime. what happen to love thy neighbor as you love yourself?????????

  23. kelsie says:

    No i do not support unibam!!!!!…it is wrong in the site of God n if God say dis is wrong den it is!!! thnk about d young generation.. what a big effect this will b on these poor children….i DO NOT SUPPORT UNIBAM!..We love u but not what you are doing….why would ppl want such evil ack to pass….please say NO…we have the ability To over come n God almighty will gve us to strength to do so.NO I DO NOT SUPPORT UNIBAM

  24. FAIR JUSTICE says:

    I think people misunderstood the word DECRIMINALIZE……

  25. Krtdiaz says:

    Full support…..yes

  26. OriginalWoman says:

    NOOOOOOOO WAY!!!!!!!!!!

  27. mj says:

    Its a 50 50 thing.They have a right for freedom.We are easy to discriminate without knowing their story behind.The bible says God created woman to a man.I agree but do we know why people turn to the same sex.It may be because they got hurt from the opposite sex.Lets be honest in this time and stage our females and males are no longer respecting their selves.

  28. Rachel says:

    nooo this not about our feelings. God will send his rathe on us so badly. open your eyes did u see what happen to New York after they said yes A HURRICANE. we will get it worst people noooo

  29. Not afraid says:

    People hate what they fear. Leave the gays alone…they are human beings like you and I and are entitled to the same human rights that we enjoy. I abhor the hypocrisy of the Church which is silent on political corruption, teenage pregnancy, the fact that so many Belizeans live below the poverty line! Hypocrites !

  30. queen d says:

    NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNnoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  31. Andres says:

    Nooo!!! Please dont ruin mY belize…

  32. Isabel says:

    No. I do not support

  33. diane says:

    no, no

  34. Marisela says:

    Homosexuality should not be considered because a human being knows that it is wrong. A person must say, “no, no,” it is against the nature and against our Creator God.

  35. Avenoj says:

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  36. JORDI says:

    YES, YES…YES!!!!! By all means YES. Being gay is NOT a crime is just another way to love.

  37. Cheryl Turner says:

    I vote NO! The changing of Section 53 will demoralize Belize even more than it already is. We know the homosexuals are coming out of the woodwork more and more, but giving them a legal right to rape boys and men, to marry each other and to adopt children will unravel the very threads of the Belizean society. It’s time to stand up for righteousness in the country of Belize. Victory for the churches and for the righteous – God be praised!

  38. Living Righteously says:

    I VOTE NO! When did the people in the world allow themselves to be convinced of such an abomination as the homosexual act by the supposed few who practice such perversion? The Bible has proven itself to be right once again “…in the last days, what is evil will seem right and what is right will seem evil.” Open your eyes people, stop the evil from contaminating Belize!

  39. Neanderthalensis says:

    NO.
    The strident expostulations of the partisans of homosexual deviance may be eloquent and even well-reasoned, from a humanistic perspective, but fail woefully at the moral level.
    Appealing to the example of other political states, especially the more industrialized ones, speaks to globalization but fails to address the peculiar ethos of the ordinary, sensible, Belizean man or woman.
    Using the Bible to both co-opt choice generalizations that appear to rubber-stamp the deviant behaviour and, in a swift about-face, seek to indict the very Author of it for less favourable passages, is intellectually deceitful and personally hypocritical. Another fail.
    Thus, my esteemed Belizeans, sexually normal and otherwise: NO to the repeal of the criminality of SODOMY.

  40. Neanderthalensis says:

    NO.
    The strident expostulations of the partisans of homosexual deviance may be eloquent and even well-reasoned, from a humanistic perspective, but fail woefully at the moral level.
    Appealing to the example set by other political states, especially the more industrialized ones, speaks to globalization but fails to address the peculiar ethos of the ordinary, sensible, Belizean man or woman.
    Using loaded words, inflammatory rhetoric and various artifices of demagoguery (who the cowl fits, throw it on, by all means), makes for rousing reading but the sophistic verbiage is lost on those not university-educated (again, you know who you are). Fail.
    Using the Bible to both co-opt choice generalizations that appear to rubber-stamp the deviant behaviour and, in a swift about-face, seek to indict the very Author of it for less favourable passages, is intellectually deceitful and personally hypocritical. Another fail.
    Thus, my esteemed Belizeans, sexually normal and otherwise: NO to the repeal of the criminality of SODOMY.

  41. terra says:

    Every Human has the right to experience love and passion — What if it was wrong to be straight should you be denied your right!! Should you have to pretend to be something your not!
    No way could I be gay any more than can someone who’s gay be straight. HAVE SOME RESPECT!!!
    I VOTE YES TO CHANGE // WAKE UP.

  42. Jenny says:

    Every Human has the right to experience love and passion — What if it was wrong to be straight should you be denied your right!! Should you have to pretend to be something your not!
    No way could I be gay any more than can someone who’s gay be straight. HAVE SOME RESPECT!!!
    I VOTE YES TO CHANGE // WAKE UP.

  43. carlos says:

    vote yes,the tiny jewel of acountry of Belize has nearly the highest rate of hiv/aids in the world per capita…………makes one wonder what all the strong christians are doing behind closed doors……one heck of a lot of gays in Belize……….smart countries that educate the young [straight and gay] and accept all have decreased hiv

  44. carlos says:

    Belize constitution and other law and policies protect religious freedon,so just because some of you say to vote no…….. backed by your christian quotes or belief,dosnt speak for the laws of the country protecting other religious beliefs that accept homosexuality………..under Belize constitution,the people voting yes,are because they have a constitutional right to homosexuality,maybe not accepted by christians,but legal…………..as well-any christian would be narrowminded to say that that are no gay christians in Belize.those comparing pedophiles and murderers are nothing to do with homosexuals or the argument.Simply using murderers and pedophiles in the argument are an attempt to try to convince people that homosexuals are just as bad,two persons in a homosexual relationship are not causing unwanted harm to an individual as with a murderer or pedophile.

  45. kmoney says:

    what d hell is wrong with belize? 54% votin yes to this pile crap! i vote hell No! all who vote yes shud be put together on a boat or plane n sent d hell away from here to whatever other country weh need more gays caz we no want NONE A DEM YA!

  46. Neanderthalensis says:

    What makes you think that ONLY Belizeans (or people IN Belize) are voting on an open INTERNET forum?

  47. TB says:

    No.

    “Gay rights” will start to grow like a cancer.. embracing homosexuality is taking a bold stand against what God condemn, the act of homosexuality.
    This is not about human rights, no one can loose their right to be human, and it’s not about love for humanity. NO ONE loves us more than God, yet God condemns homosexuality with complete disgust and hatred. Dice it, Chop it, dissect it, flip it, deny it, whatever you do, you can’t change the truth, and it is not relative, the truth won’t change if you don’t believe it.
    This is not about freedom, because we will never be free to do all that we lust after.
    WARNING Belize, don’t depend on lawyers, judges, vote polls, get on your knees and pray. Clear you heart of all sin that prevents your communication with God and fervently pray.

  48. Russell says:

    Hell nnnnnnnnnnooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  49. elisa says:

    I vote no,no,No. Lets stand up for what is right. Remember New Orleans.???let that be as an example to us. And no i don’t hate gays, its the act that is wrong.

  50. Akirah says:

    yes

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