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Ugandan anti-gay promoter |
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Written by Alexander Thatcher | FUSE Editor
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Monday, 28 December 2009 22:19 |
In the UK, the Archbishop of York has condemned the Ugandan anti-homosexuality bill.
Dr John Sentamu, who was born in Uganda, said the laws which are being debated in the Ugandan parliament are meant to victimise gay and lesbian people, who could be jailed indefinitely or even put to death.
Under the bill, proposed by Ugandan MP David Bahati, people who fail to report homosexuality could also face up to three years in jail.
Dr Sentamu told the BBC that while the current law in Uganda already had provision to jail gay people for engaging in homosexual acts, the Anglican communion was committed to recognising that gay people were valued by God.
He said it seemed the Ugandan law was not only being promoted to victimise but also diminish all the individuals concerned.
In the African nation, parliamentarian David Bahati, from the ruling National Resistance Movement has said: "Here, we don't recognise homosexuality as a right. We are after the sin, not the sinners. We love them and we want them to repent and come back. It's not an inborn orientation, it's a behaviour learnt and it can be unlearnt."
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Last Updated on Monday, 18 January 2010 00:09 |
