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Christians, Muslims oppose petition seeking gay rights

Lawyer Charles Kanjama says the Constitution explicitly states that every adult has a right to marry a person of the opposite sex. [Photo: Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

Christian and Muslim organisations have put up a spirited fight to stop changes to the penal code, which would see same sex marriages legalised. 

Through lawyer Charles Kanjama, they told a three-judge bench of the High Court that 80 per cent of Kenyans who are Christians and 10 per cent who are Muslims were against homosexuality, and would not have not passed the 2010 Constitution if it allowed the practice.

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