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.
Sadly, it is true -> https://lemmygrad.ml/post/8992825. This source is another from BF.
The religious segment of society didn’t only banned homosexuality but it also targeted women that have multiple husbands. The bill has the following:
The prohibition, accompanied by sanctions, of behavior deemed " harmful to family structure ," in particular that aimed at promoting homosexual practices.
The prohibition of polyandry, that is to say the possibility for a woman to have several husbands.
The possibility of changing the matrimonial regime: spouses married under the monogamous regime could, by joint declaration and court approval, switch to a polygamous regime.
Edit. Typos
‘Women hold up half the sky’ and they build monuments to Thomas Sankara, disgusting in the face of his legacy.
So they’re permitting or even promoting polygamy but banning polyandry, which I’m sure is actually much more deeply culturally rooted, since it’s a traditional practice in a lot of West Africa that long predates the Abrahamic religions.
They’ve since clarified that the possibility of changing polygamous to monogamous and vice versa did not make the bill. Polyandry is strictly prohobited however, which is done in anticipation of a rapid evolution of behaviour in society according to the Minister of Justice. Not sure how those connect, maybe to do with inheritance laws?
https://www.alerte-info.net/accueil/article/204114-burkina-lalt-adopte-un-nouveau-code-des-personnes-et-de-la-famille-qui-prevoit-la-reconnaissance-des-mariages-coutumiers-et-religieux