Jamaica has a well-known reputation as one of the few nations where same-sex marriage is prohibited. During a recent parliamentary meeting, Justice Minister Delroy Chuck clarified that the government will not be taking any steps to pass legislation supporting such unions.
The Ministry of Justice generated 8,313 marriage licenses last year, amounting to $33.25 million in revenue at Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ).
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“We are doing well, but we don’t mind more marriages, so we can provide more money to the Ministry of Finance,” Portfolio Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, said.
He was delivering his presentation in the 2023/24 Sectoral Debate, in the House of Representatives, on May 2.
“We enjoy when people come for their marriage license because it means that a family will be created, hopefully, or at least husband and wife,” he added.
The Minister also informed that the Ministry has been receiving applications for marriage licenses from individuals from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community.
“Let it be clear; we do not support same-sex marriages as yet, or ever. The truth of the matter is people have been coming, asking us for marriage licenses for two same-sex; this, at the moment, is not permissible,” Mr. Chuck emphasized.
