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Burkina Faso's Junta passes law banning homosexuality (www.france24.com)

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Junta-run Burkina Faso has passed a law banning homosexuality and instituting punishments of up to five years in jail, the latest in a clutch of African nations to pass anti-gay legislation.

"The law provides for a prison sentence of between two and five years as well as fines," Justice Minister Edasso Rodrigue Bayala said on national broadcaster RTB.

"If a person is a perpetrator of homosexual or similar practices, all the bizarre behaviour, they will go before the judge," he said, adding that foreign nationals would be deported under the law.

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[–] departee@hexbear.net 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

unfortunately any revolutionary government has to deal with the reality on the ground

[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

what do you mean we can't just immediately throw everyone to the right of Mao or who has incongruous WrongThought incompatibile with the Hexbear line straight into a pit?? what do you mean there are material and logistical concerns with that on top of the generous assumption that like, you can even overcome right wing violence in order to do that????? i'm just shocked. my pit was all ready to go, too

[–] whogivesashit@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 7 months ago

I'm still on the side of the pit tbh

[–] cayde6ml@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It really pisses me off that anyone says this. If anything, the reality on the ground should mean there is fighting against this

[–] departee@hexbear.net 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This is an idealist position. Pursuing progressive social policy beyond what the public demands is not the priority for any revolutionary movement. We are talking about a country where al Qaeda controls half of the territory. The fact is that LGBTQ identities are seen as western decadence by many people in the global south.

The criteria for success for the revolution is whether they can consolidate political power or not. Everything else is secondary. How long did it take Cuba to come around?

[–] cayde6ml@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 7 months ago

That doesn't justify bigotry and persecution, and the 1950's were a much less progressive and educated time on topics like this.

I should point out that Al-Qaeda's beliefs are in the same category as the supposed revolutionary government's, and it's because of shit like this that neoliberals run with the claim that communists hate LGBT people. You can't call yourself a revolutionary and support this fascist horseshit.

It's not idealist when people's lives are at stake, you tool.