Editing Capleton (section)

== Criticisms ==
Capleton has faced criticism for [[Heterosexism|anti-gay]] lyrics in some of his songs though [[LGBT rights in Jamaica|homosexuality remains illegal in his native Jamaica]].<ref name=homophobia>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/tx/documentaries/gayinja.shtml "Gay in JA: What's it like to be gay in a society where it's illegal to practice your sexuality?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104195127/http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/tx/documentaries/gayinja.shtml |date=4 January 2012 }}, ''BBC''. First aired 2008, updated Tuesday 16 June 2009. (Only regionally available)</ref> His manager has argued that some of the controversial lyrics have been mistranslated and do not actually refer to gays.<ref name=orion /> Capleton himself has admitted that through his Rastafari faith he believes that a homosexual lifestyle is not right, but has insisted that terms such as "burn" and "fire" are not to be understood in the literal sense "to go out and burn and kill people", but as a metaphor for "purification" and cleansing.<ref name=orion>Savage, Shannon (6 October 2004)[http://media.www.theorion.com/media/storage/paper889/news/2004/10/06/Entertainment/Dancehall.Music.Silenced-1506515.shtml "Dancehall music silenced"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090101040706/http://media.www.theorion.com/media/storage/paper889/news/2004/10/06/Entertainment/Dancehall.Music.Silenced-1506515.shtml |date=1 January 2009 }}, ''The Orion'' (student newspaper of [[California State University, Chico|CSU Chico]]) – Entertainment. Updated 11 May 2009.</ref>

However, Capleton has continued to sing songs that some see as anti-gay, causing the cancellation of a concert in Switzerland in 2008 and a United States tour in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://calcoastnews.com/2010/02/hate-singer-capleton-cancels-u-s-tour/|title=Hate singer Capleton cancels U.S. tour|date=17 February 2010|website=Calcoastnews.com|language=en-US|access-date=29 August 2019|archive-date=29 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829153222/https://calcoastnews.com/2010/02/hate-singer-capleton-cancels-u-s-tour/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[http://another-green-world.blogspot.com/2008/11/capleton-concert-cancelled-in-basel.html "Capleton Concert cancelled in Basel, Switzerland"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301152624/http://another-green-world.blogspot.com/2008/11/capleton-concert-cancelled-in-basel.html |date=1 March 2012 }}, ''Another Green World''. Thursday, 6 November 2008.</ref>