Comments on: Uganda’s clergy calls on Parliament to pass the Anti-Homosexuality Bill

By: Richard Willmer

Richard Willmer — Wed, 30 May 2018 22:14:29 +0000

Indeed, Father. Ab+p Lwanga, pursuant to the very clear Vatican Statement of December 2009, did express opposition to the Bill as a whole, saying that it is ‘unnecessary’ and its provisions are (and I quote) “at odds with the core values of the Christian faith”.

The official Anglican position is more problematic (reflecting perhaps the current ‘crisis’ in the Anglican Communion?): the leadership’s statements on the Bill have, as far as I can see, been mealy-mouthed and half-hearted, although some individual Anglican clerics have shown strength. Orombi’s own ‘agenda’ when it comes to relations with Lambeth Palace is, I suspect, a particularly problematic element of this situation. And, as I said before, he is rumoured to be close to Bahati.

By: Richard Willmer

Richard Willmer — Wed, 30 May 2018 18:36:43 +0000

It will be interesting to see how the Vatican reacts to Lwanga’s alleged ‘about turn’: http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2011/09/11/36896

By: Richard Willmer

Richard Willmer — Wed, 30 May 2018 18:36:41 +0000

(Just to note: I thought I’d ‘turn up the heat’ on [a certain type of] Anglicans, to taje the heat off Baptists for a while! 🙂 )

By: Richard Willmer

Richard Willmer — Wed, 30 May 2018 18:36:41 +0000

(I think that N. is actually ‘personally’ opposed to the death penalty, but my reading of comments I recall seeing is that if rapists are hanged then [at least some] ‘consenting’ gay adults should also be killed by the state. I really don’t understand people like him – no logic, no clarity. He should stop ‘speaking with forked tongue’ and make his position crystal clear.)

By: Richard Willmer

Richard Willmer — Wed, 30 May 2018 18:36:41 +0000

Word from UG is that it’s all about Niringiye. He’s trying to make himself into ‘Ssempa Mark II’, according to someone I’ve just been talking with.

Interesting complication: Zac is very anti-M7 (unlike Janet’s boy, Marty). Watch this space …

Meanwhile, some UG friends of mine are setting up a Christian ministry to help those injured in boda-boda accidents (I say this because I would hate to give the impression that all Ugandans do is plot and intrigue – such an impression would be most unfair).