Kenya: Churches Threaten to Reject New Constitution Over "Gay Marriage Loophole"

Kenyan Evangelical Churches have once again threatened to reject the Harmonised Draft Constitution but this time on the premise that it failed to outlaw gay marriages and abortion. Kenya Christian Constitutional Forum Chairman (KCCF) Bishop Gerry Kibarabara said on Monday that by stating that every adult has a right to marry, the draft as presented leaves a loophole for the two vices. The leaders urged the Committee of Experts (CoE) on Constitution to clearly outlaw the two illegalities before presenting the draft for a vote. “We state categorically that life begins at conception and ends in natural death and the draft should be amended to include those specific words,” Bishop Kibarabara said after a meeting of the forum. “The marriage and family should be clearly defined as between persons of the opposite sex.” Full Story from Capital News: http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/Kenyanews/Kenyan-churches-in-new-threat-over-law-6741.html

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