No matter what nation, rousing people from the comfort of their own homes and routines takes a lot of incentive. Apparently, many Jamaicans thought it important enough to disrupt their Sunday to gather in one of Kingston’s main hubs, HalfWay Tree.

They gathered to protest the repeal of the buggery law, an archaic piece of legislation that criminalizes some sex acts.

Check out the story here.

I feel deep sadness. I wish that people, not just here in Jamaica, but everywhere, would mobilize themselves to this extent in relation to the epidemic of child abuse and the protection of our most vulnerable citizens.

Here is the lead of the story:

The church will not be tricked or coerced into making impulsive or emotive pronouncements in the ongoing public debate that has been sparked by the dismissal of Brendan Bain, the retired University of the West Indies professor who lost his job as the director of the Caribbean HIV/AIDS Regional Training Network (CHART).

This sentiment was conveyed to a massive throng of flag-waving Jamaicans, clad, for the most part, in the national colours, which assembled in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew, by pastor of the Calvary Gospel Assembly, Donovan Cole, last evening.

“We will not be silent when we should speak boldly, nor will we be drawn in premature speaking through clever attempts to put the Church on the defensive,” asserted Cole.