Fiji's Methodist Church says there's a difference between the issue of gay marriage and homosexualy.
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GAY FRIENDLY FIJI - FIJI FOM
Rememberg the fear he experienced growg up gay Fiji, Kshik and his partner cid to hold a secret Hdu weddg ceremony the pal, Suva, for jt 30 iends and fay.
“At that time [2016] the ary was … loud about their disagreement wh homosexuals and had we gotten ught we would’ve been taken to barracks. ”But not beg able to marry legally Fiji means gay people face discrimatn other areas of life. “For activists that thk marriage equaly is not an issue, take a moment to unrstand ’s important for the future … as opposed to silog thgs to secury and protectn, ” she for acceptanceAlongsi the differg views over marriage equaly among LGBTQ+ advot, there is also doubt over whether the wir muny Fiji is ready to legalise gay marriage.
“We need people to be havg the nversatns … stg down at the grog [kava] bowl and talkg about is important for people to accept , ” she prime mister Frank Baimarama, who lost power after 17 years December, said gay marriage would never be legalised while he was office, suggtg same-sex upl “go and have done Iceland and stay and live there” replacement, Siveni Raba, has been evasive on the topic and there is ltle expectatn that his aln ernment will even bate the topic. Gay Friendly Fiji. I've spoken to many people and done a lot of rearch, and have been surprised to fd that generally, Fiji is not a very gay iendly untry.
FIJI CHURCH LEAR SAYS GAY MARRIAGE AND HOMOSEXUALY ARE DIFFERENT ISSU
Neher of is overtly 'gay', but we are also (strongly) not ashamed of who we are, of each other, or of our relatnship, however we will obvly rpect the culture of the untry we are . Re: Gay Friendly Fiji. Homosexualy was only ma legal Fiji 2010, so there may be some villag and areas that are still culturally sensive to .
I've been to a number of rorts Fiji where I've been served and greeted by gay workers... If you tend to go on a church/school/village vis, I would rm them that you are homosexual and ask if this will e issu, or simply go as "good iends".