Dear Editor,
On Tuesday, June 14, I got home from work and went to read the Observer online, as I always do, when I do not get to read everything before I leave for work that morning. That is when I read of Marlene Malahoo Forte’s tweet about the rainbow flag flying on the private property of the US Embassy in Kingston, Jamaica.
As a Jamaican, not a homosexual, living overseas, I would like to see her make a public apology to all Jamaicans and to the US Embassy for her utterance. She should have known that such views should never come from her someone in her office, especially on social media or in public.
I also want to ask her and those who support her tweet, and some of whom are online commenting and still cannot see where she went wrong, a question: If this very incident had happen in Jamaica, instead of Florida, what would be her response? Would those who support her accept that she would be against such a show of support for people in their time of grief?
Her title and office are honourable. She should do the honourable thing and apologise.
Robert Clarke
Rclarke88@hotmail.com
On Tuesday, June 14, I got home from work and went to read the Observer online, as I always do, when I do not get to read everything before I leave for work that morning. That is when I read of Marlene Malahoo Forte’s tweet about the rainbow flag flying on the private property of the US Embassy in Kingston, Jamaica.
As a Jamaican, not a homosexual, living overseas, I would like to see her make a public apology to all Jamaicans and to the US Embassy for her utterance. She should have known that such views should never come from her someone in her office, especially on social media or in public.
I also want to ask her and those who support her tweet, and some of whom are online commenting and still cannot see where she went wrong, a question: If this very incident had happen in Jamaica, instead of Florida, what would be her response? Would those who support her accept that she would be against such a show of support for people in their time of grief?
Her title and office are honourable. She should do the honourable thing and apologise.
Robert Clarke
Rclarke88@hotmail.com