https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/04/14/ugandan-ex-gay-recants-says-ssempa-paid-him-to-say-he-changed/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Wed, 30 May 2018 20:23:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/04/14/ugandan-ex-gay-recants-says-ssempa-paid-him-to-say-he-changed/#comment-92618 Wed, 30 May 2018 20:23:32 +0000 http://wthrockmorton.com/?p=8988#comment-92618 Indeed. Oundo is in a very difficult position – a position that is emblematic of so many of the challenges facing LGB and transgendered Ugandans.

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/04/14/ugandan-ex-gay-recants-says-ssempa-paid-him-to-say-he-changed/#comment-92611 Wed, 30 May 2018 20:23:32 +0000 http://wthrockmorton.com/?p=8988#comment-92611 Frightening vulnerability for this man…

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/04/14/ugandan-ex-gay-recants-says-ssempa-paid-him-to-say-he-changed/#comment-88880 Wed, 30 May 2018 19:23:42 +0000 http://wthrockmorton.com/?p=8988#comment-88880 I was talking with a UG contact today. Ssempa’s immediate following is of course among educated middle-class people, and they seem to be looking askance at his antics. Better still, Ssempa’s behaviour is discrediting homophobia generally. The important thing for us to do is to make sure that potential Ssempa followers are kept fully informed of his activities.
Maybe best to keep up the flow of information and let Ssempa hoist cause by the petard of his bizarre behaviour. Obviously, one should be concerned about Oundo’s safety and well-being; it would not surprise me if the most intense pressure is being applied to him to retract his retraction. Let us not forget that Oundo was featured in the notorious ‘Hang Them’ edition of the UG Rolling Stone; Ssempa seemed content to be associated with that same edition. Here are two excepts below …
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http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/215910_1757096681340_1056674851_31567098_6414487_n.jpg

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/04/14/ugandan-ex-gay-recants-says-ssempa-paid-him-to-say-he-changed/#comment-49449 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:15:26 +0000 http://wthrockmorton.com/?p=8988#comment-49449 Timothy
I suppose you are right. However, Ugandan culture is changing, and changing fast. There is a growing willingness to question ‘authority’ and to make objective moral judgements about the behaviour of, say, a pastor.
The porn shows were indeed morally suspect, to say the least; much more worrying in my view is Ssempa’s apparent willingness to sacrifice for the sake of human ideology the true well-being of those to whom he purports to minister. This is totally indefensible, and I’m sure that there are Ugandan Christians who would refrain from supporting him on these grounds.
Anyway, here’s some more commentary on the Oundo-Kagaba story: http://changingattitude.org.uk/archives/3452

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/04/14/ugandan-ex-gay-recants-says-ssempa-paid-him-to-say-he-changed/#comment-74646 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:15:26 +0000 http://wthrockmorton.com/?p=8988#comment-74646 Timothy
I suppose you are right. However, Ugandan culture is changing, and changing fast. There is a growing willingness to question ‘authority’ and to make objective moral judgements about the behaviour of, say, a pastor.
The porn shows were indeed morally suspect, to say the least; much more worrying in my view is Ssempa’s apparent willingness to sacrifice for the sake of human ideology the true well-being of those to whom he purports to minister. This is totally indefensible, and I’m sure that there are Ugandan Christians who would refrain from supporting him on these grounds.
Anyway, here’s some more commentary on the Oundo-Kagaba story: http://changingattitude.org.uk/archives/3452

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