Posted on 11/30/2021 11:45:35 AM PST by nickcarraway
Botswana's government on Monday lost a legal attempt to overturn a landmark ruling that decriminalized homosexuality.
The country's High Court in 2019 ruled in favor of campaigners seeking to strike down jail sentences for same-sex relationships, declaring the punishment to be unconstitutional.
But the government sought to revoke the ruling, arguing that the courts had no jurisdiction in this matter.
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The court presumably pointed to the language in the Botswana consitution which prohibits outlawing sodomy.
The good people of Botswana need only amend their consitution to remove the damaging language.
Charlie Kirk must be celebrating.
How did that come up in the Constition.
Change the constitution or even easier : bribe the judges
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