This is dedication to the cause.
Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza, two homosexual men in Malawi, publicly walked down the aisle on Saturday, risking arrest and persecution as homosexuality is still illegal in the conservative African state.
Hundreds of curious onlookers crowded around the church where the men were married in a traditional but symbolic ceremony.
Since homosexuality is illegal in Malawi, when Attorney General Jane Ansah read about the marriage in the paper, she released a statement saying that the “law will have to take its course.”
The maximum sentence for being found guilty is 14 years in prison!
That is ridiculously harsh and completely unfair. We can’t imagine the kind of fear that is going through these gentlemen’s heads!
But instead of concentrating on the negative, we’d like to look at the positive and congratulate them for being brave enough to make that kind of a commitment to one another under such terrifying conditions and making a statement.
Stay strong!