Several thousand Protestant church faithful marched on Sunday in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, against the new penal code which they deem “immoral” because it penalizes in particular discrimination based on sexual orientation.

"If a pastor does not want to marry two men together or two women, he will be arrested and risk one to three years in prison", wrongly assures Pastor Wismond Jeune, who wears a mask on which appears the slogan of the walk, “No to immorality, long live the family”.

The new penal code does not modify the content of the Haitian civil code which legislates on marriage and only authorizes the union of a man and a woman.

Wrath of the Conservatives

The addition of the words "sexual orientation" to the list of criteria for criminally condemnable discrimination was enough to arouse the anger of the conservatives, who are also mistaken about the articles sanctioning incest and bestiality. Read more via AFP/TdG