Zimbabwe PM Morgan Tsvangirai rejects gay rights move

i Agree with you... there should only be one line... against the Homosexuals...

and they Have long Since passed it...

Pretty much...

but a mens' room stall, or rest area, or bigamy is OK?

definitly, just kill the gays and let the children starve. I'm really starting to love contemporary african culture. Just to let you know, before the "white man" came, homosexuality was commonplace in a lot of african tribes. what you see now is just a regurgitation of what evangelicals have been pushing down their throats for so many years

ahhhhh no it wasn't!!
homosexuality has never been part of African culture!

a quick google search can prove you wrong in about two seconds dersex. the internet is a magical place

a quick google search can prove you wrong in about two seconds dersex. the internet is a magical place

Thanks to the "family" of EVIL ... that came from OUR country .

Every country and continent have their personal view of things.... what is normal to us, they might think is taboo like being gay is taboo to a lot of countries but that doesn't mean the country is backward.

I think it is backward when you have to resort to punishing homosexuality with death, like is happening in Uganda. Now the rest of those countries want to follow with similar laws. If that isn't backwardness then what is?

would you suggest it is foreward-looking?

must have seen pics of some of my former dates.

wow. First off, Africa is not a nation. Secondly, Africa is not full of idiots. Yes, the slave trade and colonialism, and post-colonial moral negligence have been and continue to be extremely detrimental to much of Africa. However, that does not in any way make gross human rights violations okay or excuse dictators from responsibility for their actions.

Hey nobody is pointing a gun to their heads. If they want to be taken seriously, they need to stop blaming others and start showing that they are responsible for themselves. That includes homophobia...

Hiding behind the mask of imperialism, colonialism and state sovereignty is what incompetent and abusive regimes do to justify the things they do.

The Europeans who they spend their entire time blaming for their problems almost all respect human rights and defend the rights of homosexuals.

i meant to correct the nation thing, but I am in a hotel right now my wifi connection along with my patience for spell checking is pretty limited at the moment.

As for my comments I'm not excusing anything, but I try to see where the problem lies. Its not like africa is going to come out of the cultural dark ages per say just because we did, but of course this is a similar mentality to when the europeans came to north america and had their little manifest destiny parade wiping out a majority of the natives (they are savages we are civilized god fearing men with guns, etc). In short africa is at culturally in a different era than we are today. How we speed up their social evolution is really a matter for us to determine, I figure some hope the internet will save them but that little problem of poverty is also a hurdle.
You may not like what I said and thats fine, all I'm asking is for people to think on these type of matters as to avoid the typical responses of disgust.

Can people please please please stop calling people racist when it does not apply. It dilutes the power of a REAL problem and is turning it into a political football. After that's said, RaceBannon I understand where you're coming from because the cyclical effects of the the extreme and brutal violence, exploitation, and pillaging of the continent during colonialism that began centuries ago and in many places ended only a decade or so ago definitely have stripped Africa's power and potential. Similarly, in many places, the people's original religions, languages, tribal affiliations, etc are forever lost. This is why, yes, they should receive aide, tools to grow, and empathy but it's condescending and frankly dehumanizing to say that they have no responsibility or accountability when it comes to human rights violations as they are not children, imbeciles, or animals. It is not up to the West to determine what they prefer or disapprove of culturally, but it is right of the international community to hold them accountable to those basic standards of safety we are granted as humans.

Its okay, no offense taken Race. I was just making my point. I agree with you, it isn't easy changing attitudes about homosexuality, and not to mention a host of other things. But I think the first step is to condemn the actions and let others know that they are wrong.

People can question what constitutes "wrong," but when we stop and realize that innocent human beings are being killed and their rights abused, then I think it is our duty to show them that they still have friends and people across the world who are willing to offer them some solidarity. There is nothing more crushing than to be oppressed and ignored by the world...

...me toooooooooooo...xo

I imagine that we should praise it as a bastion of progress and hold it up as an example to the rest of the world? Stop being so sensational...

well looky here johnny we got us one of them racists

by the way an atheist designed the Operating System you are ranting on...

I love when those who are ignorant give gays all this free publicity, though!! =)