Reggae star Sizzla did his bit to calm the increasingly angry gay community yesterday by telling BBC 1Xtra: "They can't ask me to apologise. They've got to apologise to God because they break God's law."
Gay-rights groups have been calling on Sizzla et al to apologise for the homophobic lyrics contained within their songs. As previously reported, Sizzla's UK tour was cancelled after gay rights campaigners from OutRage lobbied both host venues and the Home Office claiming he incited violence against gay people in his lyrics.
Speaking to the BBC, Sizzla denied being a threat to gay men, saying: "I sing 'fire burn for homosexuals' and sometime in some street I walk, I see them and me no touch them. If I don't like what you're doing I don't come there, if you don't like what I'm doing or what I say you don't come where I'm at. Everyone's entitled to life, freedom of security and person."
But he maintained his stand of no apology - saying "Why must I apologise to corruption? How can I do that? They've got to apologise to God because they break God's law."
God was unavailable for comment - as usual.