First of all, I would just like to thank The Catalyst for not submitting to the GLBT's attempts at "bullying" them out of hosting a really incredible show. The Santa Cruz community is lucky to have such a wonderful, intimate venue to enjoy the kind of music we love.

For all those who wasted so much time trying to censor the artist who performed on September 11th: I understand your position, but you truly did waste your time (as I am, right now).

People are always going to express themselves, no matter how much you try to fight it. If Sizzla had been cancelled, he would be performing the next night somewhere else. If Sizzla weren't performing at the Catalyst on September 11th, it would have been someone else...perhaps someone else with attitudes opposing homosexuality.

GLBT Alliance, you didn't like what Sizzla had to say and that is your perogative ... So don't buy a ticket to his show! Don't buy his cd's, don't wear his t-shirts, don't TRY to decipher his obscure lyrics, and don't even bother to download a single song! Save your money, save your time, and most importantly, save your dignity.

He thinks you're wrong for being gay, you think he's wrong for singing against it. You're both wrong. Be the bigger person in this situation and don't waste another Sunday evening fighting an uphill battle.

By not informing yourselves of the truth of his lyrics and the peace promoted by his music, you are the ones who appeared unaccepting and wrong. At the protest in front of the Catalyst on Septemeber 11th, you were remniscent of sheep, flocking towards an opportunity to change minds. WHY? Accept the fact that PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT with different views, beliefs, religions, backgrounds, and cultures. Your's isn't the only opinion that counts. Get it?

Sizzla has no problem with Santa Cruz, else he wouldn't have come here and put on such an amazing show for his fans. His fans have no problem with gay people, else they'd probably would find a more appropriate and fitting city to reside in (perhaps one with a more minimal gay contingency).

I understand the struggles and fears encountered by gays. People often judge based soley on the fact that you're gay, right? THEIR LOSS! I believe that someone has intentions to hurt you though, as sad as it is, they would regardless of Sizzla's humble opinion. He isn't, afterall, Adolph Hitler. He's a rastafari. He's an artist. He is controversial. And he loves that! If you don't like it, don't buy into it.

Those of you who worried that Sizzla incites hatred toward gays need to look into themselves and wonder what it is you are ignorant to.

Sizzla is the #1 chart-topping performance artist in Jamaica right now. How can you argue with that? Are the masses of Jamaica in the wrong here for listening to and supporting such a man as Sizzla, or is it maybe, somehow, possibly...YOU?

Food for thought...