Exodus (Bob Marley & the Wailers album) song became a No. 1 hit in Jamaica as well as the United Kingdom and Germany. On 3 December 1976, an attempt was made on Marley’s life. It was this attempt that drove him out of Jamaica. In addition to Marley's assassination attempt, "his wife Rita — one of the I Threes, whose singing on "Exodus" is first-rate" was also shot and survived. "Exodus" is a reggae album which features a "laid-back" production, that contains a "stoned atmosphere that's simultaneously funky and political" according to Cam, an Emeritus from Sputnikmusic. Cam described the album's musical style as being "different," noting
LGBT rights in Jamaica marriage. Neither one of the two major political parties in Jamaica has expressed any official support for rights for its homosexual citizens. However, at a televised debate in late December 2011 between opposition leader (and former prime minister) Portia Simpson-Miller of the People's National Party (PNP) and then-Prime Minister Andrew Holness, she said she would consider appointing anyone she felt was most qualified for her cabinet regardless of sexual orientation and added that she wanted to see conscience votes allowed by the major parties on LGBT rights issues in parliament. Although Simpson-Miller was criticised by some social conservatives for her