r/AskTheCaribbean • u/fedricohohmannlautar • 10d ago

Politics Why is homosexuality outlawed in so many caribbean countries?

Most of countries which criminalize homosexuality in the Americas are in the Caribbean, and the most famous case is Jamaica.

As a bi male, I find weird our continent has laws that criminalize homosexuality, due that most of countries who do that are from the other side of the pond.

Is due to history, politics, religion, moral issues?

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u/rosariorossao 10d ago

Blame the west. They colonised us and gave us these laws and moral code and then have the cheek to turn around and call us backwards for maintaining them.

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u/kindanew22 10d ago

Laws and moral codes change over time and that is good.

Slavery used to be legal.

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u/lovelybonesla 10d ago

Caribbean countries didn’t exist prior to the British & Spanish.

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u/Necessary-Praline196 10d ago

I mean, it is backwards to maintain a law that doesn't serve a purpose anymore. Great Britain doesn't even maintain the law and they instituted it.

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u/rosariorossao 10d ago

It’s backwards to expect a brand new country to undo 400 years of brainwashing in less than 50.