President Robert Mugabe Says Gay People should be Beheaded

The president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe gave rise to new controversy when he referred to LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) people as 'worde than pigs, goats and birds' and threatened to behead them.

Mugabe known for his disdain towards the LGBT community made the infamous comments recently on Tuesday at a rally at the Aerodrome Grounds in Mutare.

“If you take men and lock them in a house for five years and tell them to come up with two children and they fail to do that, then we will chop off their heads. This thing (homosexuality) seeks to destroy our lineage by saying John and John should wed, Maria and Maria should wed... Obama says if you want aid, you should accept the homosexuality practice... We will never do that,” Mugabe was quoted.

However, this is not the first instance when Mugabe expressed his displeasure for the gay community. In the past, he called the tolerance for the gay rights as 'unnatural and filth'.

Mugabe assured a 'hell of Gay' during the campaign for elections last January. He said that if his party won the election he will make law that will force gay people to rot in jail for life.

He termed the western aid as the reason behind African countries' tolerance towards gay society.