Botswana Churches Oppose Gay Rights Proposal

Gaborone, Botswana — A coalition of churches in Botswana has voiced its opposition to parliament’s latest effort to amend the constitution to include gay rights.

Botswana’s minister for state president, Kabo Morwaeng, introduced a constitutional amendment bill for the first reading Wednesday. Among proposed amendments is the inclusion of a clause that would “protect and prohibit the discrimination of intersex persons and persons with a disability.”

However, churches are opposed to the move…