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Bahamas Baptist bishop: Strong, loving families 'last bastion against homosexual avalanche'

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NASSAU, February 28, 2013, ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - A Baptist bishop says the best way to avert the growing homosexual subculture in the Bahamas is to promote and encourage stable, natural families. Bishop Simeon Hall, the senior pastor of New Covenant Baptist Church in Nassau and former president of the Bahamas Christian Council, said that spousal abuse, incest, and rape in families have irreversible negative effects on children and weaken families, contributing to the growth of a lesbian and homosexual community in the Bahamas. Bishop Hall said he believes that, although some persons choose a lesbian or homosexual lifestyle, "some studies show that most practicing homosexuals come from dysfunctional families ." "We must, in imitation of Christ, reach out with love to those persons chained to this lifestyle," the answer to the "homosexual avalanche" lies in promoting faithful marriages of one man to one woman, strenthening and supporti

Caicos Islands Christian leaders speak out against gay ‘marriage’ proposal

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A map showing the Turks and Caicos Islands' main towns and islands. This map's source is here, with the uploader's modifications, and the GMT homepage says that the tools are released under the GNU General Public License. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) GRAND TURK , April 1, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Christian ministers in the tiny Turks and Caicos Islands , a British Overseas Territory , have spoken out forcefully against the plans by David Cameron ’s government to introduce same-sex “marriage”. The tiny islands in the Bahamas chain, boast a population of about 44,800 and were a popular hideout for pirates in the 18th century. Today they are a popular tourist destination with balmy weather year round, outside hurricane season, and abundant white sand beaches. The Turks and Caicos Sun newspaper quoted Rev. Conrad Howell, pastor for Sure Foundation Ministries and Pedro Williams, pastor for the Jericho Baptist Church , who were described as the islands’ most prominent Christia