No to Gays, Says Malawi's President Bingu wa Mutharika

The words fell from his mouth like crumbs of a huge cake, smoothly and assuredly. But the message was bad nes to Malawian gays and lesbians.
Malawi's president, Dr. Bingu wa Mutharika, on Saturday made it clear that the country will not tolerate homosexuals.
Mutharika, speaking for the first time after donor pressue, described gays and lesbains as good-for-nothing fellows bent at crrupting "national morals".
"It does not make sense for a man to fall for another man, or woman to do likewise. The behavior stinks like cow dung," Mutharika said in Bantyre.
The president was speaking on the sidelines of the ordiantion of Fr. Montfort Sitima as the Auxiliary Bishop for Blantyre Arch-Diocese.
Malawi has recently been reeling from donor pressure to loosen the grip on homosexual rights, and let the people lead free lives.
But Mutharika has defied all that and stood for what he termed as "The moral high ground we all must strive to climb".
Currently, the country is trying Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza for organising the first ever gay wedding.
The case is being heard at the Blantyre Magistrates Court, where Chief Resident Magistrate Nyakwawa Usiwausiwa is expected to make a ruling after submissions from the defense.
Monjeza and Chimbalanga have opted to keep quiet instead of entering their own defense. This is provided for under the Constitution of Malawi, where suspects are free to remain silent.
Norway, Germany, Britain and USA are leading the onslaught for Malawi to respect gay rights.
Other donors have gone to the extent of threatening to freeze aid.
But Mutharika said on Saturday he will stand firm, striking the cliche chord that Malawi is a sovereign state.
Information and Civic Education Minister, Reckford Thotho, has recently made it clear that the country will not waver on gay rights.