The gamut of gay rights: from marriage equality to imprisonment
May 23, 2010
3 Comments
On the global scale, there has been two major developments within the past week regarding the civil rights struggle for gay and lesbian equality.
On the positive note, Portugal is the latest country that will be enacting marriage equality! The head of state’s decision to permit the enactment of a bill passed by Parliament in January makes Portugal the sixth European country allowing same-sex couples to wed. Yes, Portugal — a country that is 90% Catholic. Apparently they understand the separation of Church and State unlike some people (yes, looking at you Mr. President).
And on the negative side, a gay couple in Malawi has been sentenced by a judge to 14 years of hard labor, the maximum sentence, for committing “unnatural acts and gross decency.” The two men (pictured right), Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga, both in their 20s, were found guilty earlier this week. They have been imprisoned since a December arrest following their attempt to hold an engagement ceremony. There has been a wide rebuke from the international community, but who knows if anything will change. Truly sad.
UPDATE: Due to international pressure, the Malawi President has pardoned the above mentioned couple.
Who posted this article?
Unrelated to Civil rights, but it seems a bit early to be congratulating the Class of ‘12, no?
3Lish yes "unrelated to civil rights" is correct. Facebook is the social network for such a thing, so stop debasing the value of the author’s article. [deleted] BC elitist, still can’t believe I spend so much money to be around so many simple minded pplFYI 3Lish that does not give a [deleted] about current events, given the international community’s response, Malawi has decided to pardon the sentence
WTF–That’s really the only response I have to your comment. WTF? Previously the main page of eaglei congratulated two members of the class of 2010, but incorrectly listed them as the Class of 2012. I was simply pointing out the mistake so the staff could fix the error, which they did. I would have been perfectly happy if they had corrected the error without approving my comment.Putting a comment on the most recent article was the most efficient means that I knew of of alerting them to the erroneous year. If there is a better way please let me know, as I’m only familiar with commenting, and I will change my behavior accordingly next time.Further, you have no idea about what I give a [deleted] about. I also don’t understand in what way being elitist is involved, please explain yourself further.Hope to see you at the parade on Saturday!