Controversial anti-gay American pastor Steven Anderson is being deported from Botswana‚ the country’s government announced on Tuesday.
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Botswana is to deport a controversial U.S. pastor a week after he was barred from South Africa because of his critical remarks about homosexuality.
During Tuesday’s radio interview, in which he also called for pedophiles and adulterers to be killed and said the Bible barred women from preaching in church, Anderson said he had arrived in Botswana last Thursday from Ethiopia.
It did not disclose the reason behind the decision.
The tweet by the government said Steven Anderson of the Faithful Word Baptist Church of Tempe, Arizona, “has been declared a prohibited immigrant” but did not give details.
Onkokame Mosweu, a commentator on gay and lesbian affairs, welcomed the government’s move to remove Anderson, adding: “He should have never been allowed to come to Botswana in the first place”. CT says the entry ban probably stemmed from the pastor’s comments in 2014 when he called for each LGBT person to be murdered to control the spread of HIV and AIDS.
According to the website www.mambaonline, Anderson had also attacked 59-year-old Tony Benn after Benn questioned Anderson on his views.
The South African government banned Anderson from entering the country last week.
Homosexual acts are illegal in Botswana.
However, despite homosexual acts being illegal in Botswana, it’s now been reported that Anderson will be deported from the country for the very same reason he was barred from the United Kingdom and South Africa – hate speech.
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Gigaba said: “South Africa has to work towards reaching its constitutional goals”.
