00:02The tax, which received overwhelming support, prescribes criminal penalties for those found guilty of promoting or financing same-sex relationships.
00:11The bill decreased the maximum sentence if the act was committed with a minor.
00:17Lawmakers approved the bill by a vote of 135 in favor, 0 opposed and 3 abstentions.
00:28We are a society with models, standards, chains of command and references.
00:34And nothing in the world will make us step down from this pedestal.
00:39The fact is you have to accept that Senegal, like other African countries, cannot allow certain anti-values to develop
00:46in our culture.
00:48Here in our Africa, here in Senegal, we don't accept this homosexuality.
00:55That's not in our culture, that's not in our tradition.
01:00That's clear.
01:01Under the bill, those convicted of practicing homosexuality face 5 to 10 years imprisonment, compared with 1 to 5 years
01:10previously.
01:11Religious groups want tougher penalties.
01:13We consider LGBTQ values through television, channels and embassies that fund LGBTQ associations to be a cultural poison, skillfully injected
01:25into our people.
01:27Before becoming prime minister, Ousmane Sonko had promised to make gay sex a crime, upping the offense from its current
01:34classification as a misdemeanor.
01:36That's why
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