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21.09.05
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Lebanon: Gay 'activities' should be banned, say Beirut counsellor
Taken from : AKI website
Beirut, 30 May
(AKI) - A Beirut city counsellor has urged the Lebanese government to ban what he described as "public manifestations" of homosexual and transgender activities. "Homosexuality goes against the moral, religious and human principles of Lebanese society and its public manifestations should be banned," the counsellor, Saad ad-Din al-Wazzani told Adnkronos International (AKI). "I call on the government and Interior Minister Ahmad Fatfat to withdraw any permission to associations which promote homosexual and transgender activities in Lebanon," he added.
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