MURDEROUS ANGLICANS ALERT: Stop the Anti-Homosexuality FEAR and HATE CAMPAIGN preached in Uganda by Bishop Orombi and his political accomplices...

¨AS ROWAN SINGS ITS PRAISES THE ANGLICAN CHURCH IN UGANDA GOES IN FOR THE KILL¨*


February 9, 2010

CHURCH OF UGANDA’S POSITION ON THE ANTI HOMOSEXUALITY BILL 2009 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The Church of Uganda associates itself with the concerns expressed in the Anti Homosexuality Bill 2009. However, instead of a completely new Bill, the Church recommends a Bill that amends the Penal Code Act (Cap.120) addressing loopholes, in particular:

· protecting the vulnerabilities of the boy child;

· proportionality in sentencing;

· and, ensuring that sexual orientation is excluded as a protected human right.

Further, we recommend involvement of all stakeholders in the preparation of such a Bill in order to uphold Uganda’s values as they relate to human sexuality.

The full statement follows:


Church of Uganda’s position on Homosexuality

The Church of Uganda derives her mandate and authority from the canonical scriptures of the Old and New Testament, as the ultimate rule and standard of faith, given by inspiration of God and containing all things necessary from salvation. Her mission is to “fulfill Christ’s mission through holistic teaching, evangelism, discipleship and healing for healthy and godly nations.”

The Church’s position on human sexuality is consistent with its basis of faith and doctrine, and has been stated very clearly over the years as reflected in various documents. (see footnotes: i, ii, iii)

From a plain reading of Scripture, from a careful reading of Scripture, and from a critical reading of Scripture, homosexual practice has no place in God’s design of creation, the continuation of the human race through procreation, or His plan of redemption.

Even natural law reveals that the very act of sexual intercourse is an experience of embracing the sexual “other”. The Church of Uganda, therefore, believes that “Homosexual practice is incompatible with Scripture” (Resolution 1.10, 1998 Lambeth Conference).


At the same time, the Church of Uganda is committed at all levels to offer counseling, healing and prayer for people with homosexual disorientation, especially in our schools and other institutions of learning. The Church is a safe place for individuals, who are confused about their sexuality or struggling with sexual brokenness, to seek help and healing.

The Objective of the Bill

The Church of Uganda appreciates the spirit of the Bill’s objective of protecting the family, especially in light of a growing propaganda to influence younger people to accept homosexuality as a legitimate way of expressing human sexuality.


We particularly appreciate the objectives of the Bill which seek to:

a) provide for marriage in Uganda as contracted only between a man and woman;

b) prohibit and penalize homosexual behavior and related practices in Uganda as they constitute a threat to the traditional family;

c) prohibit ratification of any international treaties, conventions, protocols, agreements and declarations which are contrary or inconsistent with the provisions of the Act;

d) prohibit the licensing of organizations which promote homosexuality.

The need for a Bill that amends existing legislation

We affirm the need for a Bill in light of the existing loopholes in the current legislation, specifically sections 145-148 of the Penal Code Act (Cap 120), which do not explicitly address the other issues associated with homosexual practice such as procurement, recruitment and dissemination of literature.
That notwithstanding, the ideal situation would be one where necessary amendment is made to existing legislation to also enumerate other sexual offenses such as lesbianism and bestiality. This would not require a fresh bill on homosexuality per se but rather an amendment to the existing provisions which would also change the title to something like “The Penal Code Unnatural Offenses Amendment Bill.”

Recommendation

As Parliament considers streamlining the existing legislation, we recommend that the following issues be taken into consideration:

1. Ensure that the law protects the confidentiality of medical, pastoral and counseling relationships, including those that disclose homosexual practice in accordance with the relevant professional codes of ethics.

2. Language that strengthens the existing Penal Code to protect the boy child, especially from homosexual exploitation; to prohibit lesbianism, bestiality, and other sexual perversions; and to prohibit procurement of material and promotion of homosexuality as normal or as an alternative lifestyle, be adopted.

3. Ensure that homosexual practice or the promotion of homosexual relations is not adopted as a human right.

4. Existing and future Educational materials and programs on gender identity and sex education are in compliance with the values and the laws of Uganda.

5. The involvement of additional stakeholders in the evaluation of the gaps in the existing legislation, including, but not limited to, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, its Department of Immigration and other relevant departments.

6. The undertaking of a comprehensive legislative and literature review of all the laws and literature related to the subject at hand in order to identify the actual gaps in the existing legislation.
Conclusion

As a Church, we affirm the necessity of appropriate amendments within the existing legislation and corresponding Penal Code sections. The Church of Uganda, being a part of the Anglican Communion, reiterates her position on human sexuality and her desire to uphold the pastoral position of providing love and care for all God’s people caught up in any sin and remaining consistent with Holy Scriptures of the Christian Church.

The Most Rev. Henry Luke Orombi
Archbishop of the Anglican Church of the Province of Uganda
Bishop of Kampala Diocese

Notes:
i Resolution 1.10 of the Lambeth Conference of Bishops [Anglican Communion] held in 1998
ii The Church of Uganda’s Position Paper on Scripture, Authority and Human Sexuality May 2005
iii Press Statement of February 21, 2007 by Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi on the Primates’ Meeting held in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania


Lionel Deimel, click HERE,¨No Anglican Covenant¨

´The Windsor Report,´ he said. “It’s just a report. When did it become like The Bible?

´The Covenant´ ¨Why do we need another covenant? We have the Baptismal Covenant. We have the creeds. What else do we need?”

Archbishop Martin Barahona, the Primate, Iglesia Anglicana de la Region Central America


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ATTENTION ANGLICAN PRIMATES/BISHOPS: ¨None of us are exempt¨

Recently, while pursuing actions related to the VILE ¨Anti-Homosexuality¨ proposed law before the Ugandan Parliament I discovered a NEW BLOG ¨Living Out Loud with Darian¨ HERE . Darians blog I quickly added to my sidebar because the author spoke directly to my heart with clearcut sensibilities and STRAIGHT FORWARD reporting from the ¨frontlines¨ of everyday LGBT life. You know, the kind of words of ¨right vs. wrong¨ clarity that once we assumed only were owned and belonged to religious (appearing) heteroseuxals who PREACHED at us because we PRETENDED homosexuality didn´t really exist and we must not matter anyway if we did exist, we were mostly writeoffs as human beings, we had seeped through the cracks of society and lived on edge.

If ¨Gay existed ¨they¨ were a subject that wasn´t often discussed for FEAR of discovery and/or brutal consequences of the, discrimination/outcasting, HATE CRIME generating kind...or simply ¨they/Gay¨ were considered demented sinfilled clowns acting out in the ¨side show¨ of life...best to be ignored, whenever possible, by family and friends sort of like locking up a drunk aged aunt in the attic...except that we hung out at the local dark, really dark, Gay Bar.

Darian reminds me that LGBT people are part of EVERYONES everyday life. We aren´t weird or evil. We are your brothers, sisters, Moms, Dads, cousins, nephews, schoolmates, coworkers and everyday best friends and passing acquaintances. We are no more likely to be ¨sinfilled perverts or clowns¨ than our heterosexual counterparts. We are people just like YOU!

These past few years I´ve been following the progression of ¨out of the closet¨ activitism by LGBT citizens (often with worldwide scope and often at The Episcopal Church/Anglican Communion). I´ve discovered the very worst reactions that ¨deep down¨ I knew to exist, do exist amongst millions of folks worldwide. HERE I´ve noted time after time that danger lurks for LGBT Christians/citizens both now and in the decades long history of HORRORS at CHURCH HERE

In my own experience of ¨horrors¨ --both self-inflicted and not-- there have been times when I actually bought into the ugly stories generated about people like me. It took years for me to FULLY discover that Gods gift to me was the actual, authentic person of me! It took years for me to see that God simply wanted me to be me and that meant that I would have to become more responsible and accountable too...the hardest part was facing, and not running away from REALITY!

·I have always known that my College friend, Brad, need not have killed himself after his Father caught him with his arm casually draped over the shoulder of his male friend while sleeping over at his folks house in a doublesized bed one weekend after a football game. I went to the funeral, I saw Brad in his coffin and I looked at his expressionless Dad...I looked into his blank stare and I did not speak.

·I have always known that my College friend, Phil need not have killed himself after his first, and only, lover left him without a word, without a note but left him for another man. I went to Phils funeral, I saw Phil in his coffin. I saw him being buried at the Cemetery at Santa Clara. His former ¨loved one¨ was not there. But there were hundreds of bewildered family members and family friends present at the luncheon afterward who didn´t understand why musically very talented Phil died. They grabbed us, hugged us, looked deeply into our eyes with great joy to know that Phils ¨friends¨ were there...a Fraternity Brother and a female friend and I were the only ¨friends¨ in attendence but somehow we seemed to ¨grow into many people¨ like loves and fishes.

·I have always wondered why my dear Jose died. He was murdered in his own home execution style just two weeks short of being 35. He was a kind and gentle person who was not into drugs and always, yes always, HELPED everyone at all levels of society. Why did he die? His death is yet another act done by unthinkable madness. Jose was not a permiscous man but a man with a loving easy-going soul. Why was he murdered? I went to visit him at his tomb to honor him and tell him how I still love him on All Saints day. It´s over eleven years later now and I still don´t know why this good and loving man is dead.

·I think of the young suicides HERE that we´ve seen so many of (documented here at my blog) recently, within the past year. I think of the many and increasing brutal hate crimes generated in the name of a God HERE that I´ve never known.

I think of Archbishop Orombi of Uganda and Archbishop Akinola of Nigeria as they promote/instigate by endorsing ¨legalized¨ hate campaigns against Anglican, Christian and other LGBT FAMILIES. Families and people they will never know, and certainly never knew anything about their innermost character, hearts and/or souls of those whom they marginalized and damn to Hell. You see, Bishops Orombi and Akinola are amongst other grandstanding blowhards seeped in ignorance and feardriven bigotry who only ¨listen¨ to the sound of their own rationalized vicious voices and their ¨conservative¨ backers/accomplices in the United States HERE

Back to Darian and his ¨Living Out Loud with Darian¨ blog. This morning Darian greeted us with a THANKSGIVING FAMILY PORTRAIT including his very best wishes for us all during this Season of Thanksgiving, 2009...I immediately thought of my friends in Uganda, Nigeria, Kenya and Jamaica who I believe will find a measure of HOPE in Darians message from his family and most of us in the United States too...afterall, as Darian says ¨None of us are exempt¨ read it all, click HERE

Onward! I challenge Dr. Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, Ugandan (refugee) Archbishop John, Lord of York, Katharine Jefferts Schori, Primate of The Episcopal Church and ALL the Anglican PRIMATES and ALL the BISHOPS of The ANGLICAN COMMUNION to speak out immediately against the murderous anti-Homosexuality Bill pending at the Parliament of Uganda.. The faux religious slandering that promotes hate crime atrocities must STOP!

Lord have mercy

·Thanks to Darian
·Thanks to Living Out Loud with Darian, sidebar
·Thanks to Father Jake, sidebar
·Thanks to Brad, Phil and Jose (for being my friends)
·Thanks to The Reverend Colin Coward
·Thanks to Changing Attitudes, United Kingdom

+AKINOLA/+OROMBI/ALERT: Preachers of prejudice, fear and hate ought be banned from entering the United States!

Anglican Bishops Peter Akinola/Nigeria, Henri Orombi/Uganda preach/instigate prejudice against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender citizens.

To The United States Department of Homeland Security, The United States Department of State and The United States Treasury Department,

Please review the visa in passport status of Anglican Bishop Henri Orombi/Uganda and Peter Akinola/Nigeria. These priestly not-so-gentlemen have been promoting discrimination within the United States and over the past six years by defaming and instigating/preaching prejudice against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender United States Citizens and others at The Episcopal Church and beyond.*

*
Archbishop Akinola; "Gays Produce Hooligans" click HERE

¨Abp. Akinola and the Massacre of Yelwa¨ click HERE

¨Gays Condemn New Homophobic Anglican Sect¨ click HERE

¨Archbishop Peter Akinola of Nigeria has backed legislation to outlaw gay churches, gay organisations, gay HIV prevention programmes and gay human rights advocacy.¨

¨Henry Orombi, the Archbishop of Uganda, excommunicated heterosexual bishop, Christopher Senyonjo, after he spoke out against the persecution of lesbian and gay Ugandans.¨

¨The anti-gay diatribes of both men help fuel of the atmosphere of homophobic hatred, discrimination and violence that exists in their countries.¨ click HERE

¨Promoters of Hate"

Michael Savage, ¨outspoken American radio presenter¨

'Shock jock' hits back at British ban

¨Smith published the list - which includes Islamist extremists, American anti-gay preachers and Russian gang members - on Tuesday, accusing those named of "stirring up hatred" and "fostering extremism or hatred".

China Daily Newsmakers
Updated 2009-05-07

An outspoken American radio presenter barred from entering Britain said yesterday he would sue the British government for defamation after his name was published on an official list of "promoters of hate".

Michael Savage (right), a so-called "shock jock" radio host who has a right-wing talk show called The Savage Nation, described British Home Secretary (interior minister) Jacqui Smith as a "lunatic" and said he had set his lawyers to work on the case.

Smith published the list - which includes Islamist extremists, American anti-gay preachers and Russian gang members - on Tuesday, accusing those named of "stirring up hatred" and "fostering extremism or hatred".

"For this lunatic Jacqui Smith ... to link me up with skinheads who are killing people in Russia, to put me in league with mass murderers who kill Jews on buses, is defamation," Savage said on his show, excerpts of which were aired on BBC radio yesterday.

"As a result of this, I am going to sue her."

Savage, who says he has between 8 and 10 million listeners across the United States, urged them to support him by canceling any travel plans to Britain and by boycotting goods made in the United Kingdom. click HERE

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·Thanks to Peter Tatchell, United Kingdom
·Thanks to Stop The World, at the right sidebar
·Thanks to U.K. Gay News
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NIGERIA/AKINOLA ALERT: ¨The most casual of gestures could be a death sentence...¨

¨Today, 26 June, a report from the LGBT African Coalition says that three homosexuals were arrested by the Edo State police command in Benin City, Nigeria. They were paraded like common criminals and displayed on television. The command Public Relations officer has said they would be charged to court as homosexuality is a criminal offence in Nigeria.¨ read it all By Colin Coward+, Director at Changing Attitude, United Kingdom, click HERE


¨Few Nigerian LGBT activists are free to speak out in a country which already has repressive anti-gay legislation on the statute book.¨ Davis Mac-Iyalla, Director of Changing Attitude, Nigeria

¨The report does not say that the three men were engaged in homosexual activity. Being homosexual is enough to be arrested as a criminal in Nigeria. Davis Mac-Iyalla, Director of Changing Attitude Nigeria has asked the group in Benin City, Edo State to investigate and find out how we support can be given to their fellow brothers. The Coalition calls on all human rights activists everywhere to speak up against this injustice.¨ Colin Coward+, Director Changing Atitude U.K., click HERE

Nigerian Anglican Archbishop Peter Jasper Akinola and accomplices pontificate that Gay people are ¨lower than PIGS¨ and ¨the children of LGBT people are HOOLIGANS¨ and he and his House of Bishops ·CANA/NIGERIA· endorse ¨brutal penalties¨ against anyone ¨advocating¨ for lesbian and gay people.



¨Gay Christians in Nigeria are urging international action against a new repressive law which is being backed by the Anglican church in the country.

The proposed law, that would impose brutal penalties on shows of affection between lesbian and gay people, or even on those who would advocate for lesbian and gay people, has already been condemned by more than 250 Christian leaders from the US, as well as the church in Canada and Christian in the UK. However, the Anglican Archbishop of Nigeria is giving it his support.¨ read it all, click HERE

Anglican Archbishop Nicholas Okoh, Bishop of Asaba and Archbishop of Bendel, Nigeria
thinks preaches ¨...rapid changes that are in direct contradiction to the tenets of Christianity. Especially the global emergence of fast lane theologians and revisionists who deny the uniqueness of Jesus Christ, mass fraud, embezzlement of public fund by those in government, homosexuality, lesbianism and the wanton destruction of lives and property.¨

·Conservative Christians want to use Nigeria as an example to other African countries to demonstrate that anti-gay legislation can be passed which criminalizes all affection and activity between LGBT people· Ekklesia

¨When will the blame go to repressive, illogical and arrogant inhuman policies?¨

¨...and the sexual code between blacks and whites in America has similar roots in the anti gay codes too.

Black sexuality (especially that of black males) raised the same violent and visceral responses in white males that gay males do in straight folks:

Don’t speak,
don’t touch, look away…

One couldn’t know how a person was going to react to the most casual of gestures.

It could be a death sentence…

In enacting these laws, Africa is throwing it’s weight at a group of people without the political or social clout to fight it. Gays and lesbians have to depend on the whims of straight people, who are taught to hate them...

I find this bears witness to the writer’s of history. All men, all presumably heterosexual…For that reason alone, I find all this religious instruction and dictation highly suspect, because the SAME groups of people end up being outlaws because of it. Women and gay people…

Always punished, suppressed and regarded as dispensible and unworthy of freedom or self determination. Always women, and gay people the most abused and oppressed in the world. In Africa, there are far more pressing problems…most of which have been CAUSED by this same suppression.

When all else fails, systems of government, educational access, health and safety, workable and creative ideas…

blame the gays.

Blame the Jews.

Blame women.

Blame…blame…blame

When will the blame go to repressive, illogical and arrogant inhuman policies? A commentary by Regan DuCasse, read it all, click HERE

Gay Christians in Nigeria CNN's Christian Purefoy reports on a gay church in Nigeria defying prejudice and harrassment, Video link below

Gay Church in Nigeria defies prejudice and harrassment, click HERE

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·Thanks to Ekklesia
·Thanks to Regan DuCasse
·Thanks to Colin Coward+
·Thanks to Davis Mac-Iyalla
·Thanks to Flickr Photosharing
·Thanks to Christian Purefoy, CNN
·Thanks to Rainbow Church, Lagos
·Thanks to Changing Attitudes, Nigeria
·Thanks to Changing Attitudes, U.K. at the right sidebar

CHRISTIAN EXTREMIST ALERT: ¨Christianazis¨ threaten ¨Queers¨ with a NEW ¨Anti-LGBT Task Force¨ and "Pogrom" in Uganda and Nigeria! UPDATED Daily!

Ugandan ¨Ethics¨ Minister Says God Against Gays, Calls For Witch Hunt

James Nsaba Buturo simply can't help himself! The Ugandan "Ethics" Minister, who has long pledged to fight the homosexual scourge besieging his homeland, recently insisted that anti-gay activists shouldn't fear violent repercussions because God's on their side:


¨Dr Buturo told Africa's Sunday Monitor that there is no need to beef up security for anti-gay activists in Uganda because God is protecting them.¨

"It's true gays are rough people but men of God should not fear their intimidation. Ugandans should strengthen their mobilisation against the gay movement because the government is also committed to support them," he said.


Buturo also spoke about how the gays have infiltrated local schools and are "luring" students to the lavender side.

The government and loyalists, said Buturo, should begin compiling a list of suspected queer interlopers and, you know, have a good, old fashioned witch hunt: "I appeal to the investigative arms of the government to quickly compile reports of such students and their schools so that tough action is taken against them."

Read it all, click here for more on ¨Queer Interlopers and Witch Hunters¨ in Uganda:

Ultimate Media TODAY !

¨The Minister of Ethics and Integrity, Dr. James Nsaba Buturo has today told a conference organized to discuss the ways to fight Homosexuality that he will soon submit a bill on pornography and homosexuality for discussion in Parliament.

The conference that took place at Parliament was organized by Defend the Family International, an organization in the United States of America that was formed to fight homosexuality.¨

A bizarre trio of American anti-gay leaders arrived in the Ugandan capital of Kampala Thursday to stage a three-day seminar, “Exposing the Truth Behind Homosexuality and the Homosexual Agenda,” in a country where homosexuality is a crime punishable by death. They are, click here:

¨Buturo says the he will present the bill against pornography first before presenting that against homosexuality though he declines to mention exactly when these bills will be presented to Parliament.

He says pornography is partly a cause of homosexuality since it negatively affects the morals of the victims of pornography and makes them easily susceptible to the vice of homosexuality.¨

¨Ethics¨ Minister Buturo to present larger ANTI-LGBT legislation that he hopes will assist in sensitizing schools and churches in the fight against homosexuality.

¨He says the provision in the penal code on homosexuality is too small to cover all concerns in homosexuality.

Buturo says the government will not only end at making laws against homosexuality but will also engage in sensitizing schools and churches in the fight against this vice.¨
The Ugandan fight against ¨this homosexuality vice,¨ click here:


¨The President of Defend the Family International, Scott Lively says it is good for the government of Uganda to criminalize homosexuality but the government should subject the criminals of homosexuality to a therapy rather than imprisoning them.¨

¨I am not sick Mr. Lively¨ read it all, click here:

¨Lively says this is aimed at the criminals recovering from homosexuality which is the main objective of those fighting homosexuality and not to punish homosexuals through imprisonment. He says even schools should borrow this idea of therapy in dealing with gay students.¨

¨He, Mr. Lively, is a Conspiration Theorist. A person who forms a theory on causation, and then goes ahead to wrap all perception of his world around that theory. His theory explains all perceptions. Whether it is the gay agenda wrapped in the Nazi supremacy, or the macho gay men who caused the Rwanda Genocide. Anything that seems to question his theory is attacked, dismissed, irrelevant. And, if you dont believe him, you are of a reprobate mind, or you are a closet homosexual following the Homosexual agenda. No. I am not joking. (I wish I was)¨ read it all, click here:

IMPORTANT WARNING from author/historian Michelle Goldberg regarding Scott Lively´s anti-gay Holocaust revisionism:

¨To me, one of the more sinister aspects of AFA's ideology is its association with anti-gay Holocaust revisionism -- the belief, promoted throughout the hard right, that not only were gay people not targeted by the Nazis, but that they were the primary mover behind Nazism. One of the most important proponents of this view is Scott Lively, AFA's California state director and co-author of a book called "The Pink Swastika." I quote Lively's work in my forthcoming book, "Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism" (which, in the name of self-promotion, I'm going to note is available for pre-order at Amazon.com):

Mr. Lively states in his book: "Like their Nazi predecessors, today's homosexualists lack any scruples. Homosexuality is primarily a predatory addiction striving to take the weak and unsuspecting down with it. The 'gay' agenda is a colossal fraud; a gigantic robbery of the mind. Homosexuals of the type described in this book have no true idea of how to act in the best interests of their country and fellow man. Their intention is to serve none but themselves." read the entire critique by author/historian Michelle Goldberg of Mr. Lively´s revisionist ideas (quoted in this paragraph) accusing Gays of being the ¨movers behind Nazism¨ click here:


DEADLY WARNING: Anglican Fundamentalist/Extremists Bishops Pete Akinola of Nigeria and Henri Orombi of Uganda threaten the right for LGBT Christians and other to EXIST and exclude LGBT ANGLICANS at all levels of Churchlife!

PRAYER REQUEST

A Call to Prayer for Nigeria On the Same Gender Bill Debate, read it all, click here:

¨Has anyone ever heard of blaming the murderers?¨

¨I thought I was being a bit hard on the fundamentalists yesterday, because for the life of me I try to be fair and I dislike attacking anyone's sincere religious beliefs.

However, sodomy law advocacy goes too far. So does Holocaust denial.

So does threatening my right to peacefully exist.¨ Eric

¨They are despicable, they are The Enemy, and I'm proud to be intolerant of their kind. Legal toleration (i.e., First Amendment), yes. Any other kind, no, none whatsoever, no quarter, no moral sanction whatsoever, none, period. I'll stop calling what they are, ChristiaNazis, the minute they finally stop acting like Nazis or Communists and not one minute sooner.

And, by the way, the first person to bring up "Goodwin's law" has lost the argument. "Goodwin's law" is a crock, and this Prof. Goodwin is either a crypto-Nazi himself or else at best a useful idiot paving the way for another Auschwitz.¨

¨They are despicable, they are The Enemy,¨ read it all from ¨Eric¨ and Steven Malcolm Anderson, click here:

UPDATED SUNDAY!

¨Kampala Anti-gay activists in Uganda Saturday formed a pressure group to discourage homosexuality, following a two-day conference of religious leaders, teachers and social workers in the capital Kampala.

The group, to be called the Anti-Gay Task Force, is intended to "fight against the spread of homosexuality and lesbianism in the country," spokesman for the group Stephen Langa told reporters. Same sex-relationships and marriages are illegal in Uganda, and human rights groups have criticized the government for harassing homosexuals.


The task-force said that it would one day "wipe out" gay practices in the African state.¨

Anti-Gay Task Force Uganda to ¨wipe out¨ gay practices, read it all, click here:

FINAL CONFERENCE NOTE

¨There is much to criticize about the freakish conference taking place in Kampala, Uganda the past few days. Several blogs, including this one, have done their best to sift through the mess.

Chief among those who are providing information on the scene is Victor Mukasa, blogging for the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC).

Healing by Harming, read it all, click here:

Exodus’ Don Schmierer

Despite the odious rhetoric and violent imagery brought to the table by Scott Lively, the fallacy of “preventing homosexuality” and "blaming a parent" contributed by Exodus’ Don Schmierer, and the predictable babble coming from International Healing Foundation’s Caleb Brundidge, the following stood out to us as perhaps the most disheartening bit of all.¨

International Healing Foundation’s Caleb Lee Brundidge

The Great Tragedy of the Ex-Gay Conference in Uganda by David Roberts, click here

Ex-Gay Pundit Criticizes Exodus Over Uganda Antigay Conference, click here

MONDAY MORNING FOLLOW UP FROM UGANDA

¨To Scott Lively;
so much bigotry spewed, cesspool opened, stink in the air you leave me feeling defiled, raped in need of a bath...¨ read it all directly from Kampala, Uganda, click here

MONDAY MORNING FOLLOW UP FROM THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

European Parliament’s Intergroup condemns Ugandan parliamentarians for meeting anti-human rights militants. European Parliament’s Intergroup on Gay and Lesbian Rights strongly condemns the meeting of 5 March between several Ugandan parliamentarians and Scott Lively, Don Schmierer, Caleb Lee Brundidge and Stephen Langa of the USA and Uganda-based groups working to diminish human rights of LGBT persons.¨read it all, click here

MORE ANTI-LGBT FEAR AND HATE-MONGERING REPORTED ON TUESDAY (added from Florida by LR)

Scott Lively: The Gay Agenda Is “To Turn The Whole World Gay”, read all about Gay's "turning the world Gay" click here

CLEARING UP THE LIES and AFTERMATH IN UGANDA REPORTED ON WEDNESDAY (added from Florida by LR)

The "Anti-Gay in Uganda" Part One, THE ONGOING CAMPAIGN OF SLANDER, read it all, click here

The "Anti-Gay in Uganda" Part Two, THE LIES YOU TEACH, read it all, click here

URGENT! BREAKING NEWS! THURSDAY! "Homosexuality is a 'moral and social holocaust" Anglican Church of Nigeria:


Bishop Peter Akinola of Nigeria, demonizer of fellow Christians and others, also leads a insidious campaign to nationalize/institutionalize fear and hate at every level of Nigerian society by abominating/demoralizing LGBT Christians, Muslims and others.

The Nigerian government tried to criminalize the freedom of association and assembly for Gay people and their Straight friends three years ago, but couldn’t get the bill through Parliament after an international outcry, including by the U.S. State Department under President Bush and Secretary Condoleeza Rice. Now we have a new administration that’s up to its eyeballs in economic worries, so the Nigerian government, in collaboration with the Anglican and Catholic churches, is trying again. They’ve cut the jail time from 14 years to 5, but even a month is enough to kill ya in a Nigerian jail." read it all, click here

OPPRESSIVE, SEVERE and ANTI-GAY Human Rights Legislation is being considered at THE NIGERIAN House of Representatives TODAY! Read it all at Gay Uganda and Changing Attitudes (both at the right side bar).

"Meanwhile, in Nigeria
The House of Representatives, Nigeria
Homosexuality is a 'moral and social holocaust' which threatens the 'continued existence of this nation' and brings 'disastrous consequences to mankind' - according to the Anglican Church (Nigeria)." read it all, click here

NIGERIAN GAY ACTIVIST SPEAKS OUT

*any of our friends who knows that we live together would be subject to punishment. For knowing that my lover and I have lived together all this long, in love and harmony. They have ‘aided and abetted’ our love.

*Our friends would actually have tougher jail terms than me. For aiding and abetting me and my lover.

*The definition for gay marriage is “as gay people living together”. So, there you are. A new definition. Just living together. Not having sex. Not caught kissing. Gay people are plain not supposed to ‘live together’

*Any gay organisation is criminal." *Read it all, click here

NIGERIAN CHURCH SUPPORT FOR LEGISLATION

The BBC reports under the headline Nigeria gay activists speak out

Church groups spoke in favour of the bill, saying that gay marriage risked “tearing the fabric of society”.

“In the Bible it says homosexuals are criminals,” Pius Akubo of the Daughters of Sarah church told lawmakers.

Rev Patrick Alumake told the National Assembly the top leadership of the Catholic church in Nigeria supported the bill wholeheartedly.

“There are wild, weird, ways of life that are affecting our own culture very negatively, we have people who either by way of the media or travelling around the world have allowed new ideas which are harmful to our nation and our belief,” he said.

According to reports in Nigerian media The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) was outspoken in its support for the legislation. See below the fold for detailed reports. Read it all from THINKING ANGLICANS, click here

Peter Akinola, anti-gay religious/political campaigner and instigator of oppression in Nigeria

NIGERIAN ANGLICANS RAMP UP THE ANTI-GAY RHETORIC

"Having just posted my last entry "Nigerian Anglicans ramp up the anti-gay rhetoric," I wandered over to The Pluralist, who had also just posted on the Church of Nigeria anti-gay campaign. Pluralist's Expel the Nigerian Church - Time to Move On says it better, digs deeper and tells it like it is. Read it." Read it all at PRELUDIUM, click here

"EXPEL THE NIGERIAN CHURCH" (Anglican Communion), The Pluralist:

Thursday, 12 March 2009
Expel the Nigerian Church - Time to Move On
Nigeria is clearly a place obsessed by homosexuality, no matter what else is going on that troubles that land. On top of laws already existing to outlaw homosexuality, it would outlaw "homosexual marriage", so it seems much of this would be to allow police to harass people who are suspected of simply living together in a relationship and to imprison both them and anyone who helps them.

It is law making that is clearly discriminatory in the sense known in the early days of Nazi power - wide scale, easy to pursue, easy to enforce, scare-based law making that really turns law into a harassment and police as an agent of thuggery. It even uses the word holocaust in its attack on gay people, twisting this historical tragedy against groups and individuals into something against the Nigerian State.

If there is no prospect of gay partnerships in law the alternative is leaving people alone, of live and let live. This is precisely the opposite and reflects a society that doesn't have its priorities right, is obsessed, sacred of its fears, and looking for scapegoats and victims." read it all, there is more, click here

THURSDAY AFTERNOON CHALLENGES FROM CHANGING ATTITUDES on NIGERIAN ANTI-LGBT LEGISLATION

"Same Gender Marriage (Prohibition) Act and the Church of Nigeria’s position paper." By Colin Coward

"...My knowledge of Nigeria suggests there might be other more pressing things to introduce that would benefit the nation. These include policies to deal with the rampant corruption and devastation caused by the oil industry in the Delta region; the violence and killings being perpetrated by cult gangs; and the corruption which is widespread at all levels in Nigerian society. These have a far more corrosive effect than same gender relationships and love...." read it all, click here

THURSDAY AFTERNOON UPDATES ON UGANDAN ANTI-GAY CONFERENCE AFTERMATH

Ugandan Conference Leaders Call For Another Meeting While Pushing Pedophilia Theme; Exodus Continues Silence. read it all, click here

THE SILENCE IS BROKEN

Ex-Exodus Minister Condemns Anti-Gay Ugandan Conference, read it all, click here

SOUTH AFRICAN LGBT ADVOCATES CONDEMN EXODUS

The South African Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (SA GLAAD) have added their voices over the Exodus International board member Don Schmierer’s participation at the anti-gay conference alongside Holocaust revisionist Scott Lively in Kampala Uganda.

SA GLAAD hereby expresses its solidarity and support for American GLBT advocacy groups who yesterday berated the anti-gay group Exodus International for its public involvement and support of those who are responsible for vigilante violence and state-sanctioned persecution of gays, lesbians and trans people in Uganda." read it all, click here

RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS HAVE CATERED TO THE CRAZIES FOR FAR TOO LONG

Similar to the Republican Party, religious organizations have catered to the crazies for far too long. The “ex-gay” organization, Exodus International, is a perfect example. It travels the world to proclaim its “love” for homosexuals. Yet, a Board member, Don Schmierer, spoke at a Ugandan conference that pledged to “wipe out” gay practices. Schmierer joined Holocaust revisionist Scott Lively to urge Uganda to continue its persecution of gay people, including life prison sentences for the “crime” of homosexuality." read it all, click here

A DUMB, DEPRESSING DOCUMENT FROM PETER AKINOLA AND HIS CHURCH IN NIGERIA

"Simon Sarmiento of Thinking Anglicans has received a five-page document (PDF here),
signed by Peter Akinola and submitted by the Church of Nigeria in support of legislation that would outlaw same sex marriage, which is already illegal."

"It is a chilling document, especially the part where Akinola weighs in on just how long the prison sentences for the witnesses of gay marriages should be." read it all, click here:

FRIDAY FROM UGANDA "RUMOUR MONGERING AND SENSATIONALISM"

One of the ways of selling the Anti-Gay Agenda." read it all, click here:

LATE FRIDAY NIGHT FROM THE U.K. "THE LATEST HATE SPEECH FROM THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA"

"If ever you think the Anglican church of Nigeria cannot get more incoherently bigoted about gay people, you're wrong. The latest proof comes in a position paper (pdf) submitted by the church to a parliamentary committee which is planning a law against gay marriage. Homosexuality is already illegal in Nigeria, of course, as is gay marriage. But the proposed law would provide three years in jail for gay couples who got married, and five years for any witnesses. Earlier drafts have proposed long jail sentences, also, for anyone who argues in favour of gay marriage."

If ever a law were a simple incitement to hate, this is it, and here is Archbishop Akinola of the Church of Nigeria cheering them on:

Same sex marriage, apart from being ungodly, is unscriptural, unnatural, unprofitable, unhealthy, un-cultural, un-African and un-Nigerian. It is a perversion, a deviation and an aberration that is capable of engendering moral and social holocaust in this country. It is also capable of existincting [sic] mankind and as such should never be allowed to take root in Nigeria. Outlawing it is to ensure the continued existence of this nation. The need for doing this is urgent, compelling, and imperative." read it all, click here:

EXISTING LGBT LAWS/PENDING LEGAL POSITIONS:Orange=Strongly AGAINST LGBT CITIZENS, Wine=DEATH PENALTY for LBGT CITIZENS, Royal Blue=CIVIL UNIONS LEGAL, Dark Blue=LEGAL MARRIAGES/FULL EQUALITY, Grey=UNRESOLVED, NEUTRAL, UNKNOWN or CHALLENGED, Red=LIFE IN PRISON.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) related laws vary greatly by country or territory – everything from full legal recognition of same-sex marriage to the death penalty as punishment for homosexual conduct. read it all, click here:

A WEEK LATER AND A TUESDAY AFTERNOON FINAL FOLLOWUP ON THE UGANDAN ANTI-LGBT CONFERENCE AT KAMPALA:

MORE INSENSITIVE SPEWING of BOLD IGNORANCE and FASCIST MEANSPIRITED ARROGANCE as DEADLY SCOTT LIVELY DEFENDS HIS DEMENTED and OBSESSIVE CONVICTION TO "FIX LGBT PEOPLE" WITH HIS SPECIAL "THERAPY." IMAGINE, MR LIVELY IS ATTEMPTING TO BLAME EMOTIONAL ILLNESS on LGBT CITIZENS IN A COUNTRY WHERE DISCRIMINATION,HATE,THEFT, RAPE ARE RUNNING RAMPANT and in a country with CIVIL WAR and EVERYDAY TRIBAL and RELIGIOUS CORRUPTION AT ALL LEVELS OF SOCIETY. DEADLY NATIONAL PROBLEMS WHICH HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH GAY PEOPLE. BTW, HOW MUCH MONEY DOES MR DEADLY LIVELY CHARGE FOR HIS MIRACLE CURE from HOMOSEXUALITY?

*NOTE TO MR LIVELY; RECOVERY FROM ALCOHOLISM ONLY REQUIRES "WILLINESS" and a "DESIRE TO STOP DRINKING" and it is FREE...it is "suggested" that you "do" start paying attention to your own "character defects"...your own, Mr. Lively, and stay out of mine and other peoples personal affairs...you may have missed the part about "God Grant Me the Serenity, to accept the things I can NOT change, the courage to change the things I CAN and the WISDOM to know the difference." Emphasis on wisdom, it's a responsible "first person" kind of thing to do to keep a eye on ones own personal character and will help you exclude fear and hate-mongering tangents/obsessions or "fund raising" activities that exploit others from your recovery from active alcoholism...only a suggestion, I've been sober for 30+ years, thanks be to God, and it's worked well for me to keep my eye on my "less than attractive/unwholesome" character defects. I strongly encourage you to do the same and STOP pontificating about other peoples ill-character (that is, the bad character that YOU perceive it to be).*

Are you on a dry, egodriven, fear/hatedriven drunk?


Holocaust revisionist Scott Lively offered a defense of his proposal to compel Ugandan gays and lesbians into forced therapy:

"And remember that homosexuality is literally illegal in this country. Imagine how bad things would be if the criminal law were abandoned. By the way, the false accusation against me, now circulating in the US, is that I called on the Ugandan government to force homosexuals into therapy. What I actually said is that the law against homosexuality should be liberalized to give arrestees the choice of therapy instead of imprisonment, similar to the therapy option I chose after being arrested for drunk driving in 1985 (during which time I accepted the Lord and was healed and transformed into a Christian activist)." [Emphasis in the original]

Lively’s analogy is appalling. A conviction for drunk driving in any U.S. state is nothing like being convicted for homosexuality in Uganda, which carries a penalty of spending the remainder of one’s life in a dank Ugandan prison. And a “choice” between spending the rest of your life in that cold, dark cell and undergoing an unproven, unregulated therapy is not a choice. Lively can dress it up all he wants, but forced therapy is forced therapy.

Exodus International waited nearly a week before announcing that they no longer support the criminalization of homosexuality or forcing people into therapy. We are still waiting for Exodus to explicitly denounce Scott Lively after Exodus board member lent his credibility to Lively’s proposal at the Ugandan conference while remaining silent in Uganda over this proposal. read it all, click here :

IMPORTANT UPDATE A WEEK LATER

WHAT HAS AFRICA DONE TO ORGANISED RELIGION TO DESERVE THIS?

Al-quaeda is not the only threat to our future freedom

The recent declaration made by the Roman Catholic Pope on the use of condoms while on his way to Africa has caused widespread hue and cry against a church that faithfully supports outmoded principles, no matter how harsh the consequences may be. But the Catholic Church is not the only culprit. At a time when Africa is plagued by social injustices, health disasters and governance issues, do we really need religious leaders crusading for ideological prescriptions that could spell enormous setbacks to health and human rights achievements? The Nigerian Anglican Archbishop has also prayed for the brutalisation of other humans to promote his ideology in a backdrop of Islamist extremism.¨ read it all, click here:

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