Mugabe refuses to protect gay rights in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe has refused to support protecting gay rights in a new constitution.

A new constitution is being drawn up under a power-sharing deal and gay groups in the country have called for recognition and protection in it.

Mr Mugabe was quoted by the state-owned Herald newspaper today as saying: “That issue is not debatable, it’s not up for discussion.

“Those who engage in homosexual behaviour are just crazy. It’s just madness. Insanity. We can’t do it or the dead will turn in their graves.”

Zimbabwe’s prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai agreed with the president. He said: “Women make up 52 per cent of the population… There are more women than men, so why should men be proposing to men?”

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