JamaicaObserver.com – Erica Virtue, Observer writer
The Mandeville Police were called to restore order at the funeral service for slain Manchester businessman Kirk Wayne Lester on Sunday as residents, upset by the style of dress of some mourners who they accused of being homosexuals, smashed windows and rained stones and bottles on the True Vine Fellowship Church where the service was being held.
According to the police, residents became enraged at the sight of some mourners, who they say were crossdressed in wigs and other female garments and cosmetics.
“Man a wear female wigs, man wearing lipstick, nail polish, tight pants, and shirts weh look like blouse ..” an upset church-goer said yesterday.
Ironically, the attack on the church happened on Victory Sunday – the day Christians all over the world celebrate Christ’s resurrection. But instead of the Holy Spirit, it was bottles, stones and expletives which “came down” on the funeral service.