Church elder denies sexual immorality march was targeting homosexuals

THE chant was: “Man to man is so unjust… woman to woman is even worse,” but Raeburn Nelson, elder of the Marantha Seventh-Day Adventist Church, said that the march was not one targeting homosexuals, but against men’s immorality.

With police escort and a drum corps, members of the Adventist faith, who worship at the Church which is based within distance of the tourism belt, chanted their message and distributed brochures which the elder said was aimed at informing men about their role in the struggle against immorality.

Members of the Church marching against sexual immorality.

“This was really a call for men to turn from their immoral ways.

“There are men who are child sexual abusers, men who are doing other and lots of sinful acts, men who are not caring for their family and so on, so this was call for them to stop the sexual immorality and at the same time check on their health,” he said, while explaining that during the march there were two presentations on issues relating to men’s health.

Spreading the message

“We had a presentation on men and their mental health and the other on prostate cancer,” said Nelson, who explained that this is the fourth march to be undertaken by the church as it seeks to bring the message of health, personal and spiritual living to the wider community and not just its membership.

Though mixed with other issues, this is the first time that an organised group has publicly expressed disapproval to the homosexuality lifestyle in Grenada.