Comments on: Philadelphia Biblical University condemns Martin Ssempa’s position on Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill

By: icearc

icearc — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:41:43 +0000

Apparently publicly burning Condoms makes him a public health expert.

By: gayuganda

gayuganda — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 09:48:13 +0000

Huh, Lynn, I really love that.

I really do love that. See, Dr Martin Ssempa is following a time honoured tradition. Like so-

Dr. Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO,MC, Conqueror of the British Empire (CBE), Life President (till deposed) of the Republic of Uganda.

Dr. Milton Obote. (Ooooops, I forget the other relevant titles…!)

By: Lynn David

Lynn David — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 09:18:46 +0000

It depends on the school, but if a degree is given for a body of work as Ssempa’s was then putting ‘Dr.’ before your name is acceptable in most countries and America. However, if you append your name with ‘Ph.D.’ then you should in some way indicate it is honorary. Most often that is accomplishd by appending the degree with ‘h.c.’ in parenthesis for honoris causa which is Latin for ‘for the sake of the honor.’ Or you could add ‘Hon.’ before the degree or ‘(honorary)’ after it. Ssempa often adds ‘Ph.D.’ to his name, however, there is no indication it is honorary. In some countries it is also proper to add (h.c.) to the Doctor (or Hon.Dr.) before a name.

For example:

Dr. Martin Ssempa is acceptable, but in some countries should read:

Dr.(h.c.) Martin Ssempa or….

Hon.Dr Martin Ssempa

Martin Ssempa Ph.D. is not acceptable, it should read:

Martin Ssempa Ph.D.(h.c.) or…

Martin Ssempa Hon.Ph.D. or…..

Martin Ssempa Ph.D. (honorary).

But then who knows what is customary in Uganda. Perhaps they would follow the British example, however.

By: anteros

anteros — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 04:14:52 +0000

Ssempa also received an honorary degree from PBU in 2006 for his ministry of compassion to HIV/AIDS victims in his native land.

That honorary degree really needs to be taken away from Ssempa. We're talking about a guy, who uses the title "Dr" to boldly make these kind of authoritative statements on national television in his native land: "Homosexuality is the most efficient method of spreading HIV" (1:45) I find it offensive that such a person should be allowed to pose behind a title that depicts him as an honorable authority on HIV/AIDS in Uganda. Take away the honorary degree.

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:56:44 +0000

Seems like they are washing their hands and saying “Well, he didn’t learn THAT from us.”

Rather than ‘handwashing’, I see this as a confrontation with Ssempa to make a retraction of his position and conduct himself in a more Christ-like manner.