Dear Editor,

One of the church leaders who is opposed to a particular female entertainer who is supposed to be engaging students at schools across the island said devotion is being “excluded” from the schools while “filth” is entering educational institutions.

I am not a fan of that entertainer, or any such performer, but I am always annoyed by these church leaders who hype their morality on others and chant decency occasionally.

If the gentleman truly believes that what he calls “filth” is “entering” the schools, he is out of touch with what is happening in the society. It is there, and it is being consumed by teachers and students. “Unu late”, church leaders.

Some years ago I saw a child gyrating, and another one said she was doing the Dutty Wine. I had no idea what the little girl was talking about, but I later found out that some type of song, or dance, had that name.

Many of these so-called moral leaders are only relevant to their flocks. They live big while their members live in squalor. How many of them stay close to the schools in their communities and help to eliminate the get-rich-quick culture and influence youth away from deviant behaviour?

Maybe this entertainer and the people who got her to speak with the children are filling an existing void that the churches overlooked. Jamaica is a multicultural society, where all must coexist, including degenerate cultures, and if that performer was visiting a school where my child attends, on that day my child would not be at school.

Parents should be the greatest influence over their children, and that is what church leaders should promote. Too many careless parents, especially fathers, shirk their responsibilities to nurture their children on the right path and promote what is noble and decent then expect the Government and others to guide them.

Garfield L Angus

garfieldangus@gmail.com