nationbuilder
11-29-06, - 06:41 PM
:jawdroop: I am stunned at what people have written here
" A persons born outside The Bahamas after 9th July 1973 shall become a citizen of The Bahamas at the date of his birth if at that date his father is a citizen of The Bahamas otherwise than by virtue of this Article or Article 3(2) of this Constitution."
can everyone take the time to actually read what this says and go back in the record books to February 27th 2002 when they held a referendum to change this law (which people voted against) which plainly stated that if a child that is born outside of the Bahamas is only considered a Bahamian if its father hold Bahamian citizenship not the Childs parents not the Childs mother or father only the father. for those of us who don’t understand that means that if you are a Bahamian woman and marry a foreign man then have a child in that foreign country then your baby is not Bahamian
I was just about to type this but you beat me to it - good lookin out.
" A persons born outside The Bahamas after 9th July 1973 shall become a citizen of The Bahamas at the date of his birth if at that date his father is a citizen of The Bahamas otherwise than by virtue of this Article or Article 3(2) of this Constitution."
can everyone take the time to actually read what this says and go back in the record books to February 27th 2002 when they held a referendum to change this law (which people voted against) which plainly stated that if a child that is born outside of the Bahamas is only considered a Bahamian if its father hold Bahamian citizenship not the Childs parents not the Childs mother or father only the father. for those of us who don’t understand that means that if you are a Bahamian woman and marry a foreign man then have a child in that foreign country then your baby is not Bahamian
I was just about to type this but you beat me to it - good lookin out.