BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS (CMC):
An Anglican priest here has stoked heated public debate on homosexuality and prostitution when he declared they are not crimes and suggested government remove them from the sanction of the law.
While saying the acts are a sin, Austin Carrington, rector of the Christ Church Parish Church, said Friday they should not be classified as criminal acts.
"But, because it is a sin doesn't make it a crime. I am convinced it should not be a crime," stressed the priest, who is also a HIV/AIDS educator and counsellor.
He said discrimination against those engaged in buggery and prostitution drives them underground and increases the difficulty of offering them counselling.
