Kenyan Atheists Vow to Reject BBI Report for Ignoring Proposal on Same-Sex Marriages
Kenyan atheists have vowed to reject the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report for failing to capture their views.
Atheists In Kenya Society said its members presented their grievances before the BBI taskforce in February this year but none was incorporated in the final report.
“Despite sending our proposals to the BBI taskforce team on February 27, 2020, none was incorporated in the final document. We will rally the atheists' community in Kenya to reject the BBI report,” the society’s president Harrison Mumia said in a statement.
The nonbelievers wanted Article 45 (2) of the Constitution which stipulates that a marriage can only be formed by persons of the opposite sex, be amended to give room for same-sex unions.
“Every adult has the right to marry any other person, based on the free consent of parties.”
“That BBI failed to incorporate this amounts to gross failure to fulfill its duty, hence the report only warrants rejection,” the group said.
In addition, the society proposed Article 170 which establishes the Kadhi Court in Kenya, be abolished as it flouts the principle of separation of church or faith and state.
“Neither the government nor our Constitution should be seen to be promoting any religion, or certain religious ideas. The United States, Australia, India, and South Korea are all examples of countries in different ways. Including Kadhi Courts in our Constitution undermines the secular nature of our Constitution,” it noted.
The BBI taskforce handed over the final report to President Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga in Kisii last week. The report will officially be launched at the Bomas of Kenya in Nairobi on Monday.
Comments (8)
The Devil can never win anything! Huyu Kijana ni kubafu!! Mtu wa Shetani ashindwe!!
I know I’m not supposed to hate no body, but the Lucifer guy deserves to be hated and treated with contempt he deserves! The mother must have impregnated by Satan himself!
Ain’t nobody got time for your shenanigans. Marriage is between a man and a woman. One thing on the BBI I can agree on.
Where did this fool get the idea of gang bang bang on men? We love our beautiful sisters! Leave us a lone and do you thing in a dark hole! Ought to be ashamed of yourself!
I am not anybody's spokesman but the guys ignored calls to reduce the useless govt.On 1/3 gender rule,the committee ignored calls to scrap it all together as the only solution to implement it.Instead these guys just wrote to increase the MPs as ordered by the elite thugs,Uhuru and Raila.Swali ni-Why donate seats to women if both sexes are equal?Kenyans should remember that they pay these sex objects has 1.2m.per month each for nothing.Everything else is total nonsense if you can't afford to pay.PIGA KULA YA NAKATAA HAZALA KAMA UKO NA AKILI.
Mumia can take his appeal to Vatican where SHOGA IN CHIEF,Gay Francis will allow it.Ruswa sio KITU KIKUBWA no KITU KIDOGO tu-ataoja sewage line ya Harrison.
Mumia can take his appeal to Vatican where SHOGA IN CHIEF,Gay Francis will allow it.Ruswa sio KITU KIKUBWA no KITU KIDOGO tu-ataoja sewage line ya Harrison inamutosha.
Can someone knowledgeable in Kadhi courts,tell me where the Kenya judicial system fails to accomodance Muslims in inheritance,and family matters,that they need their own"religious based"court?Are not all Kenyans under one judicial system?We should only have one court system for all citizens...What am I missing?