CEN: Churches join criticism of Uganda’s ‘anti-gay’ bill

Posted by Kendall Harmon

The draconian penalties in Uganda’s proposed ‘Anti-Homosexuality Bill’ have come under sharp criticism from the Christian Churches of Uganda.

In its December 17 Christmas message, the Uganda Joint Christian Council, a coalition of the country’s Anglican, Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches, said that while its individual member churches had not yet issued formal statements on the proposed bill, all were opposed to the harsh penalties proposed for the suppression of vice.

On 14 Oct MP David Bahati of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) tabled a private-members bill before parliament entitled the ‘Anti-Homosexuality Bill’ that would stiffen Uganda’s sodomy laws. The proposed law has come in part in response to concerns over growing child-sex tourism in East Africa and the highly publicized arrests of two NGO workers, as well as with the perception that Uganda’s culture is under siege by the West.

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Filed under: * Anglican - Episcopal • Anglican Provinces • Church of Uganda • * Culture-Watch • Law & Legal Issues • Religion & Culture • * International News & Commentary • Africa • Uganda • * Religion News & Commentary • Other Churches

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