We remember a person who taught and preached about love, justice, and rights for all humanity. Martin Luther King, Jr. is best remembered by the extraordinary presence he made everywhere and still to this day leaves an impact on all our lives.
Malawi’s president, Bingu wa Mutharika, pardoned a Gay couple who had been sentenced to 14 years in prison after their conviction on charges of unnatural acts and gross indecency.
President wa Mutharika does not support rights for the homosexual community and neither does his country. However, as a humanitarian, he released them with no conditions.
We hope this injustice and international attention to Malawi will enlighten the closed minded citizens of Malawi and other countries that find us’ unnatural.’ We wish the couple Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga a future with no fear and love.
With the opportunity to create a better country you are choosing to take a large step back from the world stage. A country is judged by how it treats it’s most oppressed, is there compassion at your core, or tyranny in your soul- now possibly your constitution?
If you haven’t been following what is going on in Uganda here are two great articles on the subject: CNN : Queerty. You go Rachel you stay on them.