Deadly Silence on Ugandan Homophobia

For the past year or two the cauldron of homophobia in Uganda has been boiling, stoked and stirred by American career anti-gays who apparently aren't getting enough satisfaction our of American voters on oppressing homosexuals.

The current situation has gone much, much too far.

The incursion of anti-gays into Uganda to stir up homophobia was first noted here back in early March 2009. As most readers are aware, the situation has gone from bad to worse to completely fucking nuts.

Egged on by American fundamentalist Christians, the Ugandan Parliament is now poised to pass a draconian law that would not only punish the “crime of homosexuality” with lengthy prison terms, it would also provide the death penalty for repeat offenders and for people living with HIV/AIDS who so much as touch another individual with “intent to commit homosexuality.”

[more at Mike Tidmus, "The Obama Admin’s superFAIL on Uganda", Mike Tidmus Blog, 30 November 2009.]

Sadly, it's quite possible that many people reading this have had no idea this was going on; as many have said and seen, the international inattention to these dreadful circumstances has been so low-key as to be invisible and inaudible. Mike Tidmus, in the post linked to above, is taking note that the Obama administration seems to have nothing to say about the situation. And below, Timothy Kincaid notes that while "Pastor" Rick Warren has meddled in every political question he could squeeze his way into in the last year, he claims an odd neutrality on this question.

The truth is that while Rick Warren speaks of loving gay people, he doesn’t care if they are executed in Uganda for being gay. Or, at least, he doesn’t care enough to make the slightest effort to stop it.

I guess his life is “driven” by some other “purpose”.

[more at Timothy Kincaid, "Rick Warren refuses to oppose Uganda’s 'Kill Gays' bill", 30 November 2009.]

How can one love the sinner but hate the sin, when hating the sin kills the sinner?

Posted on November 30, 2009 at 12.57 by jns · Permalink
In: All, Current Events, Faaabulosity, Feeling Peevish

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  1. Written by BearToast Joe
    on Tuesday, 1 December 2009 at 17.34
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    I'm outraged and horrified and disgusted. At least the Episcopal Church is getting around to saying something. http://episcopalchurch.org/79901_117435_ENG_HTM.htm

    But it's taken long enough.

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