Equal Rights in Malawi, Africa... Sad Story....

[chickenwhisperer123]

http://journalstar.com/news/world/africa/article_11a416d5-64b1-5de4-9e8f-92f804619b38.html

Any thoughts on this? I couldnt believe it!

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Hmmm...


I'm just going to say that if that is the life they've chosen, they should move to an area that accepts it.

 

[PineappleMama]

What's really sad is that there will be plenty, outside this 'conservative' country, who totally agree with this.

 

[redhen]

How very stupid...
Who CARES what people do in their bedroom,as long as they arent hurting anybody else?? Good god... get a life...
I feel bad for the guys... people all up in their business like that.
Dont even get me started...

 

[saddina]

I'll gently suggest that they don't choose anymore than I choose to love men, I fell in love with a specific man, and people should not be thought of as interchangable like that.

Sidenote my first husband "choose" to not be gay, instead he was a gay man who married a woman who didn't know he was gay... it doesn't work out so well, and no amount of willpower changes that.

 

[schellie69]

that was not right. I can't believe that happened to them, very sad.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

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They chose to be together. They could have chosen to live apart. Nobody forced them to break their country's law.

 

[Emzyyy]

Sad. I support love. No matter the form it comes in.

They should be targeting killers and murderers not a couple who keep to themselves and haven't harmed anyone.

 

[Laurajean]

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With all due respect to the poster I quoted, I think the only thing more sad than this couple being jailed for their engagement is the mentality that they should "move to an area that accepts it." I can't imagine how I would feel if we woke up tomorrow and the roles were reversed, and someone told me as a woman, that if I "choose" to love a man, then I should move away from the home that I know and love. I don't think a couple in love should move anywhere. I think society should "move" their minds in a forward direction and worry about their own back yards. Just sad.

 

[fancbrd4me02]

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In poor countries like this, it is unlikely that they have the option to move to a country that accepts it. Even if they could, they may not qualify to immigrate to one of those countries, especially if they are not college educated or have a valuable trade skill.

Besides, I am a stright woman and no way could I stay away from men just because I lived in a country that didn't accept it. I feel for thier plight.