Kigali — The Minister of Justice Tharcisse Karugarama has condemned and refuted reports that government intends to criminalize homosexual acts saying that sexual orientation is a private matter not a state business.
His reaction comes after international organizations, including rights groups and gay communities across the world raised an alarm in several reports accusing the government of trying to consider a law against homosexuality.
"The government I serve and speak for on certain issues cannot and will not in any way criminalize homosexuality; sexual orientation is a private matter and each individual has his or her own orientation - - this is not a State matter at all," said Karugarama.
The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, the Coalition of African Lesbians (CAL), and Rwanda's Horizon Community Association (HOCA), recently issued statements demanding that that the Rwandan Parliament withdraws article 217 of the penal code regarding homosexuality.
The Minister accused the 'groups for either acting in total ignorance or intentionally presenting wrong facts for their own political motives.'
"They allege that the law was to be passed in Parliament on December 16, but sincerely there was nothing like that in the parliament that day."
He clearly stated that; "these people should distinguish between issues debated by private parties and concrete proposals from the government."
He hastened to add that the government has held a meeting with its development partners on this particular issue and told them their position 'which is that the government has no intentions whatsoever to criminalize homosexuality.'
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He wipe out a whole City the City of Sudom and Gormmor because the act of Sodomy, Sodomite is the Name of the act don't change the Name.
This People are BATEE-MAN
If our Mother / Father where engage in Asodorme do you think we will be here some Country in Europe that where engage in this action in the Nineteen Sixty 1960 thirty Years later their can'nt find People to replace their Workforce
Sexual immoralities should be for the western communities who have embraced and legalized such unspeakable acts. Africa should be left alone. African homosexuals are copying western culture. The Minister of Justice Tharcisse Karugarama has condemned and refuted reports that government intends to criminalize homosexual acts saying that sexual orientation is a private matter not a state business. Question to Minister of Justice Tharcisse Karugarama, would sex orientation still be a private matter if Kigali was flocking with homosexuals? I dont want my kids to grow up in Sodom and Gomorrah. Whats stopping Rwanda from doing what Uganda is trying to do? Homosexuality is an abomination in the society.
It is wonderful news it is the rigth time that the Rwandan government is doing the courageous and pogressive things wich is giving homosexuals and other sexual minorities the same rights as everyone else in society. And that discrimination against them are being stopped. Repression and discrimination against homosexuals have to stop in Africa. All Africans must be equal regardless of their background.
And the two of you who suffer from homophobia, Christianity, and Islam says that we must be tolerant and judge people on their actions not their background.
These political and religeous homophobic fools who rely on billions of dollars to sustain their countries from the World bank, the US, the European nations, on and on, choose to demean their people further, I for one will do everything that I can to stop those homophobic nations from obtaining and further financial support.