Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye launched a virulent anti-gay tirade on Friday, saying same-sex couples should be publicly stoned.

He also lashed out at Western countries that press other nations to allow gay rights or risk losing aid.

Homosexuality in Burundi, a conservative Christian country in East Africa, has been criminalised since 2009 with prison terms of up to two years for consensual same-sex acts.

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    10 months ago

    Just about every hospital near me was started by charitable religious folks. Religion has caused a lot of harm, but also tons of good. Let’s not toss the baby out with the bathwater.

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      10 months ago

      Do you think these extremely profitable hospitals would not exist if not for the benevolence of churches?! Lol 🤣

      The church branding is just branding. There has never, ever been benevolence involved in corporate healthcare. Never.