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From Slavery to Independence - Happy 53rd Indepenpence Jamaica!

Eternal Father bless our land - Jamaica "Land of wood and water". The path to independence pretty much started from around 1945, right at the end of World War 11. During this period there was a move by the British Government to relieve the country from under its rule as being a crown colony and into an independent state. On August 6, 1962, the country saw the last of the Union Jack which is the national flag of the United Kingdom being lowered and replaced by the Jamaican Flag - The black, Green and Gold! What a celebration this must have been! The journey to independence was harsh and fatal for many of the natives - the Arawaks and Tainos who lived on the island. This was so as the people were constantly fighting those who sought to; and managed to capture, claimed and ruled the island which they inhabited. The natives were enslaved by their capturers. The island was first invaded by the Spanish voyager/explorer Christopher Columbus who landed in the island in 1494 and t...

Belinda Brady- Diamonds

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Belinda Brady - I Cried

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BELINDA BRADY - G98FM RADIO INTERVIEW SEPT 22 2013

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Same Sex

I thought as a child - for a girl to love a girl it was bad and not so bad. But for a boy to love a boy - then that’s really bad. I was raised to believe and accept that same sex is a horrible sin; it's immoral and has no place in the normal world. The norm in my world then, was boy and girl, man and woman, male and female - and that is final! Today people all over the world are fighting for this cause to decriminalize and to entrench it in their constitution as a right to love their own sex. On June 26, 2015, the US Supreme Court ruled that The US constitution guarantees that in all 50 states same sex couples have the right to marry. This is a fundamental decision for the LGBT community, who has been lobbying for this cause. For those who hold a different view as it relates to same sex relationships - this is a slap in their face and for the most part their religious beliefs. When an issue which affects a people becomes entrenched in a constitution it becomes the norm. Discrimi...