Botswana’s bid to legalise equal marriage met with religious pushback

A bid to legalise same-sex marriage in Botswana has been met with opposition from the church and cultural groups. Appearing in court on 14 July, gay couple Bonolo Selelo and Tsholofelo Kumile challenged the government in an attempt to overturn the current ban on same-sex marriage. They argued that Botswana’s Marriage Act is unconstitutional as…