Posted on 02/18/2024 11:52:55 AM PST by Salman
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s powerful vice president said the government will block a university scholarship for young LGBTQ+ people, a move that human rights groups described Friday as a perpetuation of the African country’s homophobic practices.
The state university scholarship for people between the ages of 18 and 35 is sponsored by GALZ, a membership organization for LGBTQ+ people in Zimbabwe. The association started offering it in 2018 without incident. But a recent online advertisement inviting applications attracted a harsh response from Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, a self-proclaimed devout Catholic and former army commander.
In a strongly worded statement Thursday night, Chiwenga claimed the scholarship was “a direct challenge” to the government’s authority.
“Our schools and institutions of higher learning will not entertain applicants, let alone enroll persons associated with such alien, anti-life, un-African and un-Christian values which are being promoted and cultivated by, as well as practiced in decadent societies with whom we share no moral or cultural affinities,” he said.
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How does one prove one is qualified? The old vulgar expression "Who do you have to blow" becomes hideously literal. It is frankly prostitution by another name.
Everyone knows what these people do with school pencils
How is refusing to give special privileges to a certain group of people, any people, discriminatory???
We live in truly scary times—when I applaud the actions of the government of Zimbabwe.
:-)
Looks like a small country in Africa is about to get a bit of “democracy”!
THEIR COUNTRY——THEIR RULES
They stole it fair and square.
Lol.
Like those bills in Congress where a tax break for corn farmers and one for owners of closing shopping malls are attached to a bill for space force funding, why not separate the alphabet people into different groups? Heard 2 minutes of Dana Loesch show where she suggested dropping the “T” out because the other alphabet people don’t like the T’s anyway.
Funny but apparently true after women lose all the sports events against phony “female” athletes who shave twice a day. And mothers don’t want their daughters to see one naked in a locker room or be seen by one.
Then scholarships could go separately to each type. If a little money left over, could go to normal people. Maybe.
No kidding.
Say you’re a political leader and you see your job as advancing your country. That includes more education, better job opportunities, better lives...but mostly, it means more people. Look at Greece, a country that won’t exist in one or two generations because people are not reproducing. Because the country has fallen below critical mass, when there are young, educated people, they immigrate away to find jobs, get married AND HAVE A FAMILY. As far as a dedicated politician who only wants the best for his country goes, not wasting money on someone who will not have children makes perfect sense. It’s only rich countries that don’t have problems relative to the rest of the world where politicians can curry favor with a non-reproductive voter.
Upside down world when Africa, Russia, and the Muslim World are where one has to go to get away from Globohomo.
When does NATO start bombing them?
No kidding. First good thing I’ve heard from there since Ian Smith lost control there many years ago.
Well said.
Diversity666
The law of the land here
Sweeping the earth
Gog gay dem usa
MaGog gay dem nato
Rev 14
Africans don’t go in for globohomo. Christianity and Pentecostalism are growing fastest in Africa.
Yeah, I’m thinking that there are try-outs.
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