Zimbabwe's President has taken his vile rhetoric to a new level, threatening to chop off the heads of gay men because they can't reproduce together. The threat came during a campaign rally, where he reportedly said: "If you take men and lock them in a house for five years and tell them to come up with two children and they fail to do that, then we will chop off their heads. This thing seeks to destroy our lineage by saying John and John should wed, Maria and Maria should wed. Imagine this son born out of an African father...Obama says if you want aid, you should accept the homosexuality practice. Aah, we will never do that." While he has a history of attacking gay people, Mugabe's hateful spoutings are increasing in frequency in the lead-up to next week's elections. SW Radio Africa reports Mugabe has verbally attacked gay people publicly no less than seven times during the month of July alone. Zimbabwean GLBT advocacy group GALZ has sent a letter to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission about the President's use of hate speech, saying it notes with concern his party's instruments of intimidation and electioneering "It has become customary for the President to attempt to whip up a climate of hysterical homophobia against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people before, during and after elections."
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First published: Sunday, 28th July 2013 - 8:10pm