DON’T VOTE FOR LESBIANS, GAYS – CHIEF

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Name of Article: DON’T VOTE FOR LESBIANS, GAYS – CHIEF

Name of journalist: Eugene Dube

Name of publication: Swazi Observer

Date: 7 May 2013

Country: Swaziland

Theme: Culture and tradition

Skills: Headline

Genre: Opinion

GEM classification: Gender blind

Description: Youthful Nsingizini Chief Susa Dlamini has warned his subjects not to vote for gays and lesbians in the coming parliamentary elections.

He likened the character of gays and lesbians to that of a chameleon. Chief Susa said these words during an interview yesterday morning. When asked about the future of minority groups like gays and lesbians and non-Christians in his rural area, he said ‘I have a strong conviction that gays and lesbians must not be voted into parliament.”