From The Church Times-
THE Church of the Province of Uganda says it “does not yet have an official position” on the country’s proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill, but says that it cannot support the death penalty for the offence of “aggravated homosexuality”.
Someone convicted of “the offence of homosexuality” would be liable to life imprisonment under the Bill. Human-rights organisations world wide have condemned the Bill and described it as draconian (News, 6 November). The statement from the Province of Uganda reiterates its stance that “homosexual behaviour is immoral and should not be promoted, supported, or condoned in any way as an ‘alternative lifestyle’.”
It also quotes a comment made in April this year by the Archbishop of Uganda, the Most Revd Henry Orombi: “I am appalled to learn that the rumours we have heard for a long time about homosexual recruit ing in our schools and among our youth are true.
“I am even more concerned that the practice is more widespread than we originally thought. It is the duty of the Church and the government to be watchmen on the wall and to warn and protect our people from harmful and deceitful agendas.”
He made the remarks in the wake of the right-wing Family Life Net work conference in Uganda in March, addressed by Christian speakers from the United States. Participants publicly “confessed” to bribing school children to become gay, and the Network petitioned the Ugandan government for new laws against homosexuals.
More here-
http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/content.asp?id=84551
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