KENYAN HUMAN RIGHTS BODY: LEGALISE HOMOSEXUALITY
Kenya’s human rights watchdog has released a report recommending that gay relationships and sex work be decriminalised.
The National Human Rights Commission (KNHRC) made the recommendations in a report on “the Public Inquiry into Violations of Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights in Kenya”, which was released last week.
The organisation said that it had undertaken an inquiry into the matter after it received complaints that the rights of various groups were being violated.
The KNHRC found “that sexual minorities such as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons (LGBTIs) suffer numerous human rights violations on the basis of their sexual behaviour and orientation”.
It went on to recommend that the government “decriminalise same sex relationships and sex work with a view to ensure that they enjoy the human rights enshrined in the Constitution 2010 under the Bill of Rights”.
The KNHRC also said that health care providers should put in place programmes that respond to the needs of sexual minorities and that there is a need for community sensitisation to cultivate tolerance and acceptance of sexual minorities in society.
It furthermore urged the government and other stakeholders to respond to the needs of transgender people such as offering affordable gender reassignment services.
The report has been met with outrage by Kenyan religious leaders. The National Council of Churches of Kenya and the Nyanza Province Council of Church Leaders both slammed the recommendations.
“Kenya is a God-fearing state and to make such disgusting recommendations is a great abomination before God,” said Bishop Washington Ngede, who urged the government to not allow “acts of indecency to take place in the country”.
Same-gender sex is illegal in Kenya with penalties including five to 14 years imprisonment.
Im I the only person who feels like most religious leaders r going to rot in hell for being so two-faced
LOL So true. If there is such a thing as hell it will no doubt be filled with the arrogant, moralizing religious cast who have done so much damage to so many good people…
Religious leaders think they know scripture because of their theological degrees, but fail to understand the heart of God. Nowhere in scripture has Jesus ever publicly disgraced or condemned any sexual offender instead shown grace and mercy. Many outcasts came and ate with him, following Him and listing to His teachings. These religious leaders of today give God a bad name compromising the very message of the Gospel. Yes the law still stands so does Gods grace, mercy and forgiveness. God is like a balance scale. On the one side is anger and judgment and other side is grace love and mercy. Its our personal choice on which side of the scale we want to be, if we outright reject his Son its judgment and condemnation, if we do its forgiveness, grace love and mercy. This is a promise God made with us, but if a person like the religious leaders who promotes false testimony concerning God will be thrown into hell along with Satan. There could be a strong possibility that these religious leaders are wolves in sheeps clothing, pretending to serve God, but in reality are satanic saints.
Bra-vo!
JC is right most of these modern day “people of God” suck. It would appear Christianity is become more of an under handed dogey administration rather than a movement that changed the world.
same sex marriages are wrong,prostitution is wrong according to the bible.We don have to argue about it because it won’t change.it is wrong it is wrong it is wrong whteher in the constitution or not in the constituition.
The bible is bigger than the so called human rights and God is greater than the so called human right activist.We should follow God and not human rights