Comments on: NPR on Uganda

By: Ann-Marie

Ann-Marie — Wed, 30 May 2018 21:01:12 +0000

Richard – thank you. Do you know if there is an outcry specifically by evangelicals?

By: Richard Willmer

Richard Willmer — Wed, 30 May 2018 21:01:12 +0000

You sound a little rattled, ‘Maazi’.

(Christmas truce over … inverted are commas back!)

Question for you:-

IF gay orientation IS innate (and there are suggestions that it might be) to a person, how can you justify comparing your gay compatriots to fraudsters who, for example, deny that the Holocaust ever happened?

By: Richard Willmer

Richard Willmer — Wed, 30 May 2018 21:01:12 +0000

More interesting, perhaps, are the deep divisions becoming apparent within Uganda. ‘Maazi NCO’ (not his real name, by the way) like to pretend that everyone think as he does. This is simply not true.

By: Richard Willmer

Richard Willmer — Wed, 30 May 2018 21:01:12 +0000

Well, the Ugandan evangelical Christian (and friend of Martin Ssempa), Kato Mivule, called the Bahati Bill ‘totalitarian, evil and anti-christian’.

As far as US evangelicals are concerned, Warren is leading the way, I think.

Many Ugandans who oppose Bahati’s ‘Murder-the-gays’ Bill tend to keep quiet because they are afraid to speak up. I don’t blame them for that. We can speak on their behalf.

I’ve got African ‘liberal (a.k.a. “inclusive”) evangelical’ friends here in London who are campaigning hard for the human rights of LGBT people.

There’s a lot going on, one way or another. In a strange way, Bahati (and his crackpot US backers like Scott Lively) have done a good job in bringing this issue into sharp focus.

By: Richard Willmer

Richard Willmer — Wed, 30 May 2018 19:18:52 +0000

Muhame’s gone rather quiet these days. A friend of mine in Kampala tells me that he has ‘run out of money’ (his paper ‘flopped’ and his lawyer’s fees have mounted up).

Obviously this is an ‘open-and-shut’ case: Muhame breached the UG Constitution (re. privacy), and made unsubstantiated allegations of ‘recruitment’. Representatives of foreign legations in UG are watching to see if the judge actually applies UG law in this case and thus rules against Muhame. They think he will, but we can take nothing for granted until it’s over.

By: Richard Willmer

Richard Willmer — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:41:27 +0000

Well, the Ugandan evangelical Christian (and friend of Martin Ssempa), Kato Mivule, called the Bahati Bill ‘totalitarian, evil and anti-christian’.

As far as US evangelicals are concerned, Warren is leading the way, I think.

Many Ugandans who oppose Bahati’s ‘Murder-the-gays’ Bill tend to keep quiet because they are afraid to speak up. I don’t blame them for that. We can speak on their behalf.

I’ve got African ‘liberal (a.k.a. “inclusive”) evangelical’ friends here in London who are campaigning hard for the human rights of LGBT people.

There’s a lot going on, one way or another. In a strange way, Bahati (and his crackpot US backers like Scott Lively) have done a good job in bringing this issue into sharp focus.

By: Ann-Marie

Ann-Marie — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:17:37 +0000

Richard – thank you. Do you know if there is an outcry specifically by evangelicals?

By: Richard Willmer

Richard Willmer — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:07:54 +0000

By: Richard Willmer

Richard Willmer — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:03:00 +0000

There is, Ann-Marie, I can assure you.

Warren is one of those leading this outcry – one of many. Even the Pope is deeply concerned by what’s happening.

http://www.calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=a9849daa-dd60-4028-adc0-2dfa024cb3a9

By: Ann-Marie

Ann-Marie — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 11:43:50 +0000

I just don’t understand why there isn’t a LOUD vocal outcry by Christians to speak up against these blatant human rights violations happening in Uganda against gays (and other parts of the world). What’s the problem with this picture? Or maybe there is an outcry — if so, could someone lead me to a source or URL?