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s africa mp: “homosexuals will disappear” |
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Last Updated: May 18, 2006 |
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Source: GayNZ.com
May 18, 2006: A South African politician has backed down from comments he made saying that homosexuals will disappear in time as a man needs a woman to have children.
Motsoko Pheko, president of the Pan Africanist Congress has apologised “unconditionally” and extended an invitation “to engage with members of all progressive forces to discuss nation-building strategies.”
Pheko, whose party is struggling with just three seats in Parliament, made the offending remarks to the South African Broadcasting Corporation. He said: “Some people have said that we are going to lose votes of the homosexuals – fine yes – indeed I think that they cannot be a population anyway as the population of homosexuals will disappear in no time – they can’t bear – you can’t have a man and a man having children, you can’t have a woman and a woman having children. A man needs a woman to have children.”
The South African Human Rights Commission (HRC) slammed Pheko’s remarks as undermining the gay and lesbian community. LGBT advocates are still considering laying formal charges with the HRC over the incident.
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