In an apparent push-back against pressures from some gay lobby groups and pro-gay countries that are frustrated by the slow pace at which Jamaica is moving to secure the rights of LGBT people, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has appealed for respect for the Jamaican people as the issues are ventilated in the society.

Holness continues to be lauded in certain quarters as he has stood firm on his pronouncement this week to journalists in Brussels that he would not discriminate against gay people. But his pronouncement has not stopped some groups from criticising the Government for still not doing enough.

"Ten years ago, there would have been a much harder line on the issue of homosexuality - particularly from a religious perspective - but I think over the last 10 years of conversation, the society is openly discussing the issue and views are changing," the prime minister said yesterday during a television interview in the United Kingdom, where he attended the Commonwealth Heads of Government Conference.

He said that the current generation is changing and now has "a stronger view against discriminating against people". Read more via Jamaica Gleaner