Cover story: Homophobia in reggae music

Metro Newspapers

'Hopes were high for the meeting called by San Francisco City Supervisor Bevan Dufty, what with the passage of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act that same week and President Obama’s equally noteworthy speech on gay rights. But alas, after a 45-minute dialogue – in which he again said he does no longer performs the song- no resolution was reached and the protest outside the Rockit Room was to go on as planned. He did at one point say, “I don’t advocate violence, Rastafari is not about that...”'

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