No to Bill No.29, save marriages – EFB
Monday, July 24, 2023 | 940 Views |
Members of Evangelical Fellowship Botswana (EFB) marched to local Parliament PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
This comes after the Christian community under EFB made it public at a press conference held in Gaborone that its members were strongly against homosexual practices.
At the march, they made statements chanting “No to Bill 29! Save our country, save Botswana! Save marriages and save families! Save our children! No to man-to-man relationships and no to woman-to-woman relationships!” Reading out the petition, EFB’s Pastor Pulafela Siele stated that the EFB in collaboration with the public and Christians from different walks of life found it fit to write a petition against the stated Bill.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...