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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