SpeckleM to GayBrosEnglish • 1 year agoLGBT rights in Africa: Will Kenya be the latest to pass anti-gay law?news.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square4arrow-up115arrow-down11cross-posted to: world
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-linkLGBT rights in Africa: Will Kenya be the latest to pass anti-gay law?news.yahoo.comSpeckleM to GayBrosEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square4cross-posted to: world
minus-square@MrFagtron9000linkEnglish1•1 year agoYou’d think purely from economic forces they wouldn’t pass a law that anti-gay. Like they would see that this would cause a decrease in investment, for a country that is already pretty poor, and decide to not do it. It’s not like being anti-gay has to be codified in law for a country to be extremely anti-gay.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-21 year agoA lot of the anti-gay laws are largely put in place by American evangelical congregations. It may hurt the country economically, but it strongly benefits the politicians that pass those laws.
You’d think purely from economic forces they wouldn’t pass a law that anti-gay.
Like they would see that this would cause a decrease in investment, for a country that is already pretty poor, and decide to not do it.
It’s not like being anti-gay has to be codified in law for a country to be extremely anti-gay.
A lot of the anti-gay laws are largely put in place by American evangelical congregations. It may hurt the country economically, but it strongly benefits the politicians that pass those laws.