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Kenya Prime Minister: Arrest All Gays


Prime Minister Raila Odinga x390 (fair) | ADVOCATE.COM

Prime Minister Raila Odinga of Kenya called for gay men and lesbians to be arrested in a speech on Sunday.

According to the BBC, the comments were believed to be the first such threat from Odinga. Gay rights activist David Kuria called the remarks surprising given that Odinga is popular and, unlike leaders in neighboring Uganda, had no obvious reason to use gay people for political leverage.

Odinga made the comments in a speech to his constituency in the Nairobi slum of Kibera, the BBC reports.

“We will not tolerate such behaviours in the country,” he said. “The constitution is very clear on this issue and men or women found engaging in homosexuality will not be spared.”

Odinga denied reports that the new Kenya constitution allows same-sex marriages.

Earlier this year, five people were arrested in Mombasa following reports that they tried to organize a wedding for a same-sex couple.

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  • Name: Tup Montgomery
    Date posted: 11/30/2010 3:38:47 PM
    Hometown: Canada

    Comment:

    When will people start follwoing Christ...violence has no place in a civil society much less in reforming gay behavior. The way to reform is through Christ, not thuggery. I am a duel citizen of Canada and the US and a former US Army soldier who was discharged under DADT. I was also subject to harassment. I was devastated by the harassment and the discharge, but the discharge was the best thing to ever happen to me because it led me to Jesus Christ. if anyone needs guidance from someone who's been there feel free to contact me at sacredhands51@yahoo.ca the way is through God

  • Name: Sabrina
    Date posted: 11/30/2010 12:41:38 PM
    Hometown: Woodbridge VA

    Comment:

    @pepa: "...YOU pulled the lever for him. I did not. YOU put him into the white house, I did NOT. ..." So who DID you vote for?

  • Name: Bill
    Date posted: 11/30/2010 11:15:42 AM
    Hometown: Arlington

    Comment:

    @pepa - You have one theme and it doesn't matter what anyone states. Your posts are devoid of anything worthwhile and are nothing more than immature rants accusing everyone of being a "hypocrite." You fell into the stupid hole a few hundred posts ago. You scream that I am (and everyone else) a liberal; I state that I am not. I explain why I hesitantly voted for Obama and stopped his support with his selection of Rick Warren; you rant on how I am somehow a continued supporter. Then you argue unrelated issues (I never supported homophobes). You are a typical lawyer; just argue and argue and argue. You are hated by so many commentators here and what do you do? You set up a little pepa blog to demonize those of us who disagree with your immature, illogical rants. You are truly an ass.

  • Name: pepa
    Date posted: 11/29/2010 11:45:28 PM
    Hometown: gayrea51.blogspot.com

    Comment:

    @ Bill. "WA!! WA!! WA!! I WANT MY BOTTLE WA WA!!" LOL. Pathetic. I point out the facts for you and the best you can do is rant like Willow Palin. Maybe YOU should give the Palins a visit. And please don't take it out on me because you stupidly voted for the messiah. YOU pulled the lever for him. I did not. YOU put him into the white house, I did NOT. YOU supported him, YOU advocated for others to vote for him. YOU sat on it. Case close. Now the most stupidest thing you have said on here was when you accuse me of being a "racist." You remind of the anti-gay murder music apologists who accused Peter Tatchell of the same for exposing homophobia in "Rafsta" dancehall "music" (which is just garbage). Clearly Tatchell's concern was not the color of their skin, but THE LYRICS THAT PROMOTED ANTI-GAY VIOLENCE. You again, protect homophobes who have a particular color of skin or religion but will attack whites and christians without hesitation. In other words you are HYPOCRITE.

  • Name: Ned Slanders
    Date posted: 11/29/2010 9:36:42 PM
    Hometown: Vegas

    Comment:

    Odinga ate my baby!

  • Name: CK
    Date posted: 11/29/2010 7:08:31 PM
    Hometown: New York

    Comment:

    just as a side note to stan-- Africa is not a country.

  • Name: Bill
    Date posted: 11/29/2010 6:32:57 PM
    Hometown: Arlington

    Comment:

    @pepa - There you go again! You are suck a f-kng ass. No wonder everyone hates you here. You have one theme -- everybody is a liberal and everyone supports Obama. Well you dumb bastard, if you haven't been reading my posts for the past four months, I'll spell it out for you. I am NOT a liberal. I only very hesitantly voted for Obama. After he selected Rick Warren I withdrew my support. Throughout many posts, I have repeatedly and consistently criticized Obama. But what the fu-k, be the usual ass that you are and make it up. I hate the stupid and man, you fall in that ditch. Grow the f-ck up, or better yet go to Palin's blog.

  • Name: pepa
    Date posted: 11/29/2010 6:25:28 PM
    Hometown: gayrea51.blogspot.com

    Comment:

    @ Bill. No there YOU go again. You time and time again PROTECT gay bashers and homophobes (from democrats to Islamofascists) in order to suit your fantastical obsession with your liberal utopia. You are not being taken seriously as you avoid the FACTS of this particular situation. This rampant SOCIALIST homophobe has claimed so to be his cousin and it is widely accepted to be so (news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7176683.stm) but if you want to ignore that then we all know why (you have ulterior political motives) but lets not forget that Obama did in fact PROTECT this creep and campaigned for him during a trip to Kenya (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/12/obamas-kenya-ghosts/?page=1). But yet like the liberal ostrich that you are, you will once again duck your head in the sand (or more appropriately up your ass).

  • Name: Tyrone
    Date posted: 11/29/2010 6:25:03 PM
    Hometown: USA

    Comment:

    This is truly OUTRAGEOUS!!! What the hell is going on in kenya!?!

  • Name: stan James
    Date posted: 11/29/2010 6:10:33 PM
    Hometown: Baltimore

    Comment:

    The end of all aid of any kind to africa, and the removal of citizenship of Americans who go there. Unless the country accepts human rights laws protecting gay people. The christians (anything but) are trying to make Africa the new Nazi Germany, with gays as the next holocaust. And wonder what the RATZI pope said on his trip to africa this year. BTW Hitler also murdered the gays, And he waas a baptised catholic who often spoke about christian "values". All german soldiers belt buckles said Gott Mitt Uns - god is with us. If our govt had any guts, one lousy blockbuster on the Uganda parliment would send a hell of a message.

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