Violently homophobic Africans.
Tom
Spurred on by conservative Christians from America (see Jesus Camp).
That is actually true.
In the 90s there was a split in the American Anglican church over liberalization. The conservative side aligned with an anti gay congregation in Uganda.
American poltiicians ans have gne to Afrca to promote and support anti gay laws.
I have absolutely no doubt that this is true.
How is it relevant to the OP?
The Ugandan government has made homosexuality a capital crime. That's about as violent as homophobia gets.
Tom
I think all of us agree that the law passed in Uganda is horrible and violent. Some members simply wanted to remind us that it was White Christians who influenced most of these African nations in dreadful ways.
I think that the concept of Unification of Africa has nothing to do with the OP, so why did you bring that up to Gospel, when it has nothing to do with Uganda's cruel law? As I've already said, it has to do with ending the colonization of the African continent. The reason the continent is so homophobic is due to the influence of white people, primarily conservative Christians who have lied about gay people. Some tribes in Africa embraced homosexuality prior to the influence of these lying white Christian conservatives.
I don't remember the exact quote from the late comedian George Carlin, but he once said something like, "Religion is like a pair of shoes. Find some that fit you, but don't strap your shoes to the feet of the natives". I probably don't have the quote exactly correct, but you get the idea. It was the invaders of Africa who influenced these horrific laws. That doesn't mean the current rulers of Africa aren't responsible, but I think. it's good to understand the historical influences behind these dreadful laws.
If someone were to say they would like to see the US more unified, I certainly wouldn't think they agree with the Republican who made the quote below, that I read in today's AJC. Would you?
Greg Forrister, a Cedartown resident who is in the home inspection industry, said he has always opposed the idea of same-sex marriage.
“It clearly states in the Bible, God creates male and female,” the 58-year-old said. “It’s against God’s law for a man to have sex with another man and a woman to have sex with another woman.”
Gay people and Trans people have been vilified and murdered in our own country. Our current federal laws don't permit hurting gay and trans folks, but if we don't get a grip, we may end up with an autocratic country with hateful leaders taking us backwards to the days where it was okay to physically harm minorities. We are already heading in that direction. Can we at least all agree to unite against that?