Speaker asks Holomisa to rescue himself from gay rights debate – Sowetan

Name of story: Speaker asks Holomisa to rescue himself from gay rights debate

Name of journalist: Denise Williams

Name of publication: Sowetan

Date: 10 September 2012

Country: South Africa

Theme: LGBTI

Skills: Perspective, sources

Genre: News

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A suggestion to remove the freedom of sexual orientation clause has caused a stir in parliament with the speaker of the National Assembly calling for the recusal of the co-chairman of the constitutional review committee regarded as an anti-gay proponent. In a letter sent to ANC MP Patekile Holomisa in August, Max Sisulu requested he stepped down before submissions from the Mpumalanga House of Traditional Leaders to amend the specific clause in the Bill of Rights were heard.

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