CISA NEWS REPORT:
NAIROBI, May 8, 2012 (CISA) -The Church in Kenya has condemned a recent report calling for legalization of both homosexuality and prostitution.
NAIROBI, May 8, 2012 (CISA) -The Church in Kenya has condemned a recent report calling for legalization of both homosexuality and prostitution.
On Friday May 4, a section of the local media reported that the government-funded Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNHRC) had recommended that same-sex relationships and prostitution should be legalized in the country.
But Cardinal John Njue on Saturday, May 5 said the Catholic Church was totally opposed to legislation of homosexuality and prostitution.
“If the two are allowed to happen, where will be our family? Will it not be a total destruction of the family? This is why we are totally against this,” he explained.
He urged parliament through its members to assist the Church campaign against the move.
“We appeal to our MPs to lobby against the move on behalf of the Church and other institutions opposed to the two issues,” Cardinal Njue said at a fund-raising drive in Nairobi.
The Church’s stand has received backing from the Muslim’s Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya (CIPK), whose Secretary General, Sheikh Mohammed Dor said that the country’s Constitution does not permit same sex marriages.
“Article 45 of the Constitution states that every adult has the right to marry a person of the opposite sex,” he noted.
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