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shenmue

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Sun Nov 30, 2014, 05:53 PM Nov 2014

Gambian foreign minister: no change to anti-gay law because gays are 'satanic'

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/11/30/gambian-foreign-minister-we-wont-negotiate-on-anti-gay-law-because-gays-are-satanic/

Gambia recently enacted a law which calls for life imprisonment for LGBT sex. The country's foreign minister says there are no plans to change the law, despite the risk of losing foreign aid. From the article:

Gambian Foreign Minister Bala Garba Jahumpa appeared appeared on television last night in an address to the nation, in which he attacked homosexuality as “Satanic” ungodly behaviour, which is “detrimental to human existence."
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Gambian foreign minister: no change to anti-gay law because gays are 'satanic' (Original Post) shenmue Nov 2014 OP
What a prick. WorseBeforeBetter Nov 2014 #1
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