"I strongly condemn the executions that took place last week in the Gambia, and call for a halt to further executions, " said Christof Heyns, the United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions.

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No, I would say very firmly because marriage is a relationship between man and woman and I don't think it actually helps to confuse terms, I also believe very strongly in the importance of friendship and people can have a deep friendship and call it friendship but we don't have to muddy the waters in terms of calling, calling it marriage.

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