Call for New Constitution to Protect Gays Rights
Wednesday 26 October, 2011 - 8:21
Zimbabwe Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, has made an about turn on homosexuality, insisting he wants to see gay rights enshrined in the envisaged new constitution.
Tsvangirai has been quoted by the BBC News channel as saying that gay rights are also ‘human rights’ that should be respected by all Zimbabweans.
He said that gay rights are “a very controversial subject in my part of the world” adding that, “My attitude is that I hope the constitution will come out with freedom of sexual orientation, for as long as it does not interfere with anybody’"