Tag: sodomy law

Botswana’s supreme court just overturned the country’s ban on homosexuality. The Botswanan High Court ruled unanimously today that the country’s sodomy law is discriminatory and unconstitutional. Section 164 of Botswana’s Penal Code bans “carnal knowledge of any person against the order of nature,” and section 167 bans “acts of gross indecency.” These laws have been used to criminally prosecute people for being gay. The challenge to the laws was brought by a gay student, Letsweletse Motshidiemang, 21, who argued that the law...