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Same-sex marriage is against culture – Dingwetsi Association

Dingwetsi association. PIC PHATSIMO KAPENG
Dingwetsi association. PIC PHATSIMO KAPENG

On Friday, a same-sex couple, Bonolo Selelo and her partner Tsholofelo Kumile, dragged the government to court over the right to marry. Before the case could proceed, an interested party, Dingwetsi Association, indicated its intention to join the proceedings.

Dingwetsi Association, formed in 2012 and only registered in 2015, has 250 branches across the country with over 3,000 members.

The Monitor caught up with the founder and president, Grace Silver, to find out why they decided to join the proceedings. ” What I want to be known is that we don’t necessarily discriminate against people who engage in same-sex relationships, we don’t hate them, but we are saying that this is against our culture and we should preserve culture," Silver said, as she explained why they decided to join the matter on the opposing end.

Editor's Comment
BPF should get house in order

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...

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