You can get a beer in a gas station on a Sunday but if you want to check out Brad Pitt’s Bullet Train at the movies then you are out of luck.
Watching ‘R’ rated movies is one of the last remnants of Cayman’s laws which keep Sundays sacred.
Is it an important part of the island’s tradition or something that should change with the times?
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Most of the other Sunday related rules should be dropped as well.
I am thinking in particular of the prohibition against music after midnight on a Saturday night.
This will mean, for example that as this New Years Eve, 31 December 2022, falls on a Saturday all music and dancing must stop at the stroke of midnight. No singing Auld Lang Syne for us.
Just imagine all those tourists we are working so hard to bring back looking around at midnight and going, “Huh” when the music stops.
I’m not truly sure why dancing and music are irreligious but even if they are there are no churches open from midnight Saturday night to 3am for certain.
No one would be compelled to dance or listen to music after midnight if it is against their personal belief of course.
As for R rated movies: with streaming services in our homes good luck stopping our children watching R rated movies.
These Cayman values are one of the reasons that make Cayman unique and special…tossing these and other values would be a shame and disenfranchise many local Caymanians. There is no issue watching it on a Friday or Saturday if you want to do so. Respecting local traditions will be respected by the locals and create and maintain the unity and peace we appreciate in these beautiful islands.