It takes courage for Christian leaders to speak out in outright condemnation of this bill, but they should.

Otherwise, why not just say 'It's OK to be racist in some countries, it's just their culture...'

Silence can be deafening.
When faith leaders preach peace, but remain silent about grave injustice and prejudice and fear... I feel somehow sad and wonder if they should speak out.

Behind this hateful legislation is a whole cultural alienation of 'others' who are victimised by fear and contempt.

It is not colonial to make clear statements speaking up for respect, and valuing, and protection, and love, for people, regardless of their identities or orientations.

It is not colonial to decry racist hatred in other cultures either. If this was the Klu Klux Klan or something, or nationwide racism, we wouldn't expect the church to be silent.

It is part of Christian witness to speak out for those who are oppressed, and one should not always be silent for reasons of church politics, or diplomacy, or anything else.

Inspirational leaders like Bishop Tutu dared to speak out, even counter-culturally, on justice issues like these.

I have huge respect for my own Anglican leaders. But I await their courageous voices to break the silence a bit more on this issue.

Not behind closed doors.

Openly, publicly, stating that this mindset of persecution is wrong. It's wrong whether it's persecution of gays, persecution on grounds of race, persecution of Jews, or any other societal attacks on individuals, whenever they have occurred in history.

Otherwise, all the niceties of Lambeth meetings, and synods, and spiritualities... will echo a little bit hollow I think.

We've seen so much recently of gay and lesbian youth being victimised and bullied, and part of that culture comes about because people aren't challenged, and maybe even think the church condones the marginalisation.

When translated to the lives of ordinary gentle people in whole countries, and the fear they are exposed to, it is terrible.

Enough is enough.

Leaders, please speak out. Specifically, Rowan, my own archbishop, whose writings have helped me so much, whose spirituality resonates so much with me, whose faith I trust, whose identity I warm to and feel tenderly about...

Please, please, sir and brother, please speak out.

Otherwise I fear we are treading on ecclesiastical eggshells, but I think sometimes justice says just speak out plainly, and leave God to determine what happens after that.

Like Rowan, the heart of my spiritual life seeks a very deep silence. And I feel sure that prayer is often as effective as words. But leadership that remains silent has its own meaning too. God knows, whether such silence is beneficial or somehow collaborating with those who seek to dominate cultures with language of fear and prejudice.

I truly believe that my Archbishop is misunderstood, and is experiencing the way of the cross in his vocation, with a humility that does not seek to defend himself from accusations. I support him out of trust.

I admire him enormously. I wish God had called him to be a Carmelite religious. But instead, his vocation has drawn him - in the silence and the prayer - to a leadership that involves brave and clear words, perhaps, in defence of the persecuted.

I really believe my national church should publicly identify with the importance - everywhere - of people, regardless of sex, gender, race, orientation, being treated with care as those who have been created by God.

On many issues, the European and North American societies have problems and issues.

On this issue, I believe there is an African cultural problem.

Not unique to Africa either. Exacerbated by imported fundamentalism. But a problem, nonetheless, which is terrible in the Ugandan context, but distorts the dialogue and debate worldwide - a kind of infection of fear, contempt, and prejudice... and a matter for the whole Anglican communion, not just its local (and sometimes acquiescing) representatives.

The tone of this homophobia is not acceptable. And this homophobia exists within the church. And I don't accept that silence is necessarily right. So I'm not remaining silent, even though I long for silence and an end to words, and even though I am no-one.

There is something rotten in this cultural homophobia, both at home and abroad. And I believe that perhaps the leaders of my church should have Desmond Tutu's courage and speak out.

The "aggravated homosexuality" provision that triggers the death penalty can also be applied to straight people who advocate for or assist glbt folk. Three strikes on any of those sorts of actions will get you charged with aggravated homosexuality as well. This includes pastors.

It is really time for us as a church to lodge a protest with the State Department requesting that Ugandan leaders who support this legislation not be given visas to enter the US. Since this bill could affect Americans in Uganda we should as the State Department to issue a travel warning.

Orombi, Akinola and others should be barred from entering the US because of their support for this sort of legislation.

Religiouslike men barking lies about LGBTI citizens in Uganda are dangerous to innocents and to all humanity...meanwhile the world is expected to take the word of ¨ethics¨ minister James Buturo and the author of the ¨bill¨ MP ¨Kill them all¨ David Bahati (Anglican whose spiritual counselor is Arcbishop Orombi) and accept that LGBTI people, like me and millions of others, lie and pretend we are being persecuted, demonized and damned by them?

International criminals in Uganda, elected or not, consecrated or not, out be allowed into civilized countries where Human Rights are for ALL (mostly)and where everyday citizens don´t need to fear for their lives just for ¨being¨ people bigoted opportunists don´t like.