a conservative Christian country in East Africa
Remember that when people claim it's only Islam that is brutal to queer people. It's so many religions.
Russia is full of atheists and they are also brutal to queer people. Excising religion from the world isn't going to solve that.
Gotta start with something
"Burundi is the poorest country in the world by GDP per capita, and is one of the least developed countries, facing widespread poverty, corruption, instability, authoritarianism, and illiteracy."
"The country's dominant party is the National COuncil for the Defense of Democracy, a former Hutu faction in the civil war. It has widely been accused of authoritarian governance and perpetuating the country's poor human right's record".
The record is so bad it gets its own Wikipedia entry.
Source for above quotes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burundi
This guy's a clown and a failure of a leader. His country is a mess and he can't run it properly. Maybe he should focus on his own failures before attributing failures to others.
I was just thinking about the connection between homophobia and poverty.
It's always the poor nations that focus their efforts on things that don't matter.
His country is a mess and he can’t run it properly.
You don't get it. It's because of all the gays
... facing widespread poverty, corruption, instability, authoritarianism, and illiteracy.
So, a conservative country then.
A lot of countries have their own "Human Rights in " page
Bet you a shiny nickel that guy’s smoking pole behind closed doors.
100% still closeted
What if we stoned homophobes instead?
it's funny because being homophobic is a choice, being gay isn't. So indeed it makes more sense to punish homophobes, as they are the ones who can actually change.
I love asking homophobics when they chose to be straight. Really catches them off guard.
What if we all got stoned all the time?
Too many, we would run out of rocks.
Dude probably smokes fat dicks.
Ya know what... I'm gonna say it... These guys are jerks.
Meanwhile, I'm calling for the stoning of conservative, christian Burundi presidents.
a … Christian country
Love your next like you love yourself and so on...
Homosexuality in Burundi, a conservative Christian country in East Africa, has been criminalised since 2009 with prison terms of up to two years for consensual same-sex acts.
The only difference between the conservative Burundi government and the conservative American government is what they think they can get away.
Thanks, colonialism!
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According to the article, being queer was criminalized as late as 2009. That's just people being dickheads because they can. :p
/unrelated
I always check credibility of news sites I don't recognize. This one has mixed credibility for failing some fact checks in the past.
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