Report from Uganda
Integrity USA's website has a very alarming report on the situation today in Uganda. The outside voices that have fanned the flames of homophobia in the country have created a volatile situation that might erupt in violence with the passage of the proposed anti-gay legislation.
From the report:
"Ugandans are strong, smart, and strategic but they are exhausted and have few resources. When asked what we can do to support them back in the states one man, John Wambere, a leader of a LGBT grassroots org said, 'Literacy. You can send us computers and help LGBT people learn to write so they can get jobs.' Literacy is at 65% here in Uganda, and lower in the LGBT community as people are often harassed and bullied out of school for being gay. They also need legal support and assistance. If the bill passes they plan to sue the government. There is also the possibility of prosecuting Ssempa for inciting genocide, through international channels.I asked LGBTI activists if in the event of a pogrom they have a plan. Currently there are few safe houses and LGBT move addresses, are on the run, and are constantly changing their phone numbers. They simply do not have the funds to go on this way. If the bill stays tabled or even if it is debated in the near future, LGBTs will continue to have an ax hanging over their heads. And we will continue to have an obligation to witness and act on their behalf."
Read the full article here to learn more about how Ugandans are being encouraged to believe in the unrealistic danger that gay and lesbian people pose to their children and families.
What's needed is a comprehensive policy institute within the Episcopal Church and our ecumenical partners, opposing Fundamentalism, Restorationism and neoconservative militarism, to reclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ - not the incremental progressivism of the General Convention.
We can't fight an international conspiracy with a Presiding Bishop and a House of Deputies meeting every three years.
Jesus promised persecution, but we thought that didn't apply to us, only to the early Church. We mustn't allow Christianity to be stolen by superstitious warmongers and murderers.
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February 27, 2010 1:23 PM