The Ugandan parliamentarian behind an anti-homosexual bill that attracted worldwide condemnation says the most controversial part of the proposed legislation — the death penalty provision — is likely to be dropped. David Bahati says if the committee the bill currently sits before recommends that the provision be removed, that he would concede the issue.
The priest came to the house with candles, holy water and anointing oils. I had to kneel down, holding candles in my hands,” recalls Ade, now 25, as he sits in a cafe in Lagos. “He kept shouting ‘Come out! Come out! Come out!’ in a fevered voice … I was allowed to go back to church after that but I had to pretend to be straight.”
The Christian Science Monitor provides a good analysis of the recent Nigerian presidential elections which went reasonably smoothly, and the ethnic/religious violence that has ensued
“The political climate in Uganda ‘enables a wide range of abuses and violations that seriously diminish the quality of life of all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons, most of whom seek to stay under the public radar. It also places many such persons in serious and extreme danger.'”
The Nigerian city has been plagued for years by battling gangs of Christians and Muslims.
South African Council of Churches President and Anglican Bishop of Pretoria Jo Seoka, and members of his family:
The Electoral College of the Church of the Province of Central Africa that was held in Harare on 17, Bishop Albert Chama of the Diocese of Northern Zambia was elected as the Archbishop of Central Africa. Archbishop Chama until yesterday has been acting as the Dean of the Province since the then Archbishop Bernard Malango resigned four years ago.
“As a Bishop I am concerned that some of my people are going to be killed for the simple reason that they belong to a certain denomination,” Bishop Gandiya said.
The church is one body; God has no borders. We will not abandon each other regardless of the political geographical boundaries.
“Neighbours, hanging about, noticed with surprise that his blood on the walls looked much the same as theirs.”