explain why Uganda isn't African or something. I dunno.
I'd gladly do so if you explain how that relates to the persecution of LGBTQ+ individuals in Uganda.
explain why Uganda isn't African or something. I dunno.
I have absolutely no doubt that this is true.That is actually true.Spurred on by conservative Christians from America (see Jesus Camp).Violently homophobic Africans.
Tom
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.
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
The conservative xians spurred these laws into existence. They helped instigate thess laws and their subsequent enforcement.I have absolutely no doubt that this is true.That is actually true.Spurred on by conservative Christians from America (see Jesus Camp).Violently homophobic Africans.
Tom
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.
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
Only the maker of a remark can accurately explain its intended meaning or relevance.How does “Unify Africa” fit in with that topic granting the charitable but dubious interpretation that Uganda is representative of Africa.Violently homophobic Africans.
Tom
I was making a snarky comment about @Gospel.
Let him explain why.
Or explain why Uganda isn't African or something. I dunno.
I do know that here in the US, Africans tend to be more homophobic than the norm.
Tom
By all means, go ahead and start a thread.The phrase 'Unify Africa' is self-explanatory. However, its relevance to the topic at hand isn't immediately clear. I'm more than willing to explain its meaning — which is straightforward to anyone with a basic grasp of reading — however, unless TomC clarifies its connection to the topic, I don't see a need to delve into it.
There is no diatribe, at least not yet on the thread.I have absolutely no doubt that this is true.That is actually true.Spurred on by conservative Christians from America (see Jesus Camp).Violently homophobic Africans.
Tom
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.
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
It's certainly more pertinent than your diatribe about a custom title.
"Western Condemnation"?! It was our freaking missionaries who brought all this crap to Uganda in the first place! It's still our money that's funding it.Listened to a BBC report interviewing an ex Ugandan Christian politician. He said he would yurnhis son over to the police if he came out being gay, even if it meant the death penalty. He said Uganda has Christian values.
Someone has been charged with aggravated homosexuality and may face a death penlty.
Uganda enacts harsh anti-LGBTQ law including death penalty
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni signed one of the world's toughest anti-LGBTQ laws, including the death penalty for "aggravated homosexuality", drawing Western condemnation and risking sanctions from aid donors.www.reuters.com
Uganda enacts harsh anti-LGBTQ law including death penalty
KAMPALA, May 29 (Reuters) - Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni signed one of the world's toughest anti-LGBTQ laws, including the death penalty for "aggravated homosexuality", drawing Western condemnation and risking sanctions from aid donors.
Same-sex relations were already illegal in Uganda, as in more than 30 African countries, but the new law goes further.
It stipulates capital punishment for "serial offenders" against the law and transmission of a terminal illness like HIV/AIDS through gay sex. It also decrees a 20-year sentence for "promoting" homosexuality.
Ugandan man, 20, faces possible death penalty under draconian anti-gay law
The 20-year-old suspect was charged and accused of "unlawful sexual intercourse" with a 41-year-old man.www.cbsnews.com
The law — considered one of the harshest of its kind in the world — contains provisions that make "aggravated homosexuality" an offense punishable by death and includes penalties for consensual same-sex relations of up to life in prison.
The suspect "was charged in Soroti [in eastern Uganda] and he is on remand in prison. He will be appearing in court for mention of the case," said Jacquelyn Okui, spokeswoman for Uganda's directorate of public prosecutions.
According to the charge sheet seen by AFP, the 20-year-old suspect was charged on August 18 and is accused of "unlawful sexual intercourse with... [a] male adult aged 41".
Racism.And your sweeping generalizations about African nations are truly comedic gold. Did you know there are at least four African countries with LGBT-friendly policies? Of course, that doesn't mean every individual there is welcoming, but why fact-check when it's so much more fun to critique me, right?
To whom are you responding?
I'm referring to the OP and your custom user title.
That's it.
Tom
How does that relate to the persecution of LGBTQ+ individuals in Uganda, Tom?
Speak for yourself.There is no diatribe, at least not yet on the thread.
You might want to direct that question to TomC. I'm not sure why you're addressing me (twice at that) when I wasn't the one who initiated the off-topic discussion.By all means, go ahead and start a thread.The phrase 'Unify Africa' is self-explanatory. However, its relevance to the topic at hand isn't immediately clear. I'm more than willing to explain its meaning — which is straightforward to anyone with a basic grasp of reading — however, unless TomC clarifies its connection to the topic, I don't see a need to delve into it.
Why did you ask such an insulting question to Gospel, who I've never seen show any hate or prejudice regarding any minority group and he's an agnostic, not a Christian. So, what does the OT have to do with him?Gospel, do you support the Uganda law and a death penalty for homosexuality? Do you support going to jail for supporting gay rights?
You live in Florida, a conservative anti gay state. Do you support the governor?
It goes back to the Hebrew Leviticus morality laws.
Gospel essentially called the thread a smear on Africa. I am asking his views on the OP. A fair question.
No & no. Please advise where in this thread (or entire discussion board) I posted something that gave you the idea that I did?Gospel, do you support the Uganda law and a death penalty for homosexuality? Do you support going to jail for supporting gay rights?
You live in Florida, a conservative anti gay state. Do you support the governor?
Criticize Israel for its actions in the West Bank and you are antisemitic. Crisize the issues in Africa and you are racist. The politically correct culture.
But the charge itself seemed bigoted. The OP was about cruel laws against gays in Uganda. The response was effectively 'Bigoted Africa!' Some people so badly want to point and yell "Look, blacks can be bad too!" This was never in doubt. It just wasn't the subject of the thread and was brought up out of the blue.Hardly insulting. Pointed questions maybe.
Gospel essentially called the thread a smear on Africa. I am asking his views on the OP. A fair question.
If that is insulting so be it.
Criticize Israel for its actions in the West Bank and you are antisemitic. Crisize the issues in Africa and you are racist. The politically correct culture.