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Eugene

(61,595 posts)
Tue Jun 4, 2019, 02:24 PM Jun 2019

Ethiopia religious anger over US gay tour plan

Source: BBC

Ethiopia religious anger over US gay tour plan

4 June 2019

Ethiopian church groups have called on the government to block a planned visit to the country by a US-based company that organises tours for gay people.

The groups were particularly angry that the itinerary published by the Toto Tours company includes religious sites.

Many Ethiopians are deeply religious and disapprove of homosexuality, which is also prohibited under the law.

The owner of Toto Tours told the BBC the company had received threats and hate messages on social media.

"We are humble and loving people, we come with no harm in mind, nothing we do is going to harm anybody, and yet we are being threatened with harm," Dan Ware told the BBC Amharic service.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48512407


The Toto Tours itinerary includes the ancient churches of Lalibela (Getty Images)
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I went to Toto Tours Facebook Saviolo Jun 2019 #1

Saviolo

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1. I went to Toto Tours Facebook
Tue Jun 4, 2019, 03:43 PM
Jun 2019

Went through and reported a few of the violent and horrible posts. Not that I think it will necessarily do a whole lot, but hopefully some of them will get taken down or something.

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