"The idea of destrying homosexuality came from colonialists. In other words, homosexuality was not introduced to Africa from Europe as many would want us to believe. Rather, Europe imported legalised homophobia to Africa. Homosexuality was introduced as an offence in Uganda directly through laws that were imported from Britain sduring colonialism".

- Sylvia Tamale, Makerere University Dialogue -

The whole of Professor Sylvia Tamale's Discussion Paper needs to be read and evaluated in the light of the commonly-held African view that homosexuality did not exist in Uganda (or, indeed, anywhere else in Africa) before the British Colonial rulers brought in their existing repressive laws against it.

The present Government of Uganda's proposal to legalise further discrimination against the LGBT community there (aided and abetted by Archbishop Orombi and the Anglican Church in uganda) is a sad reminder of the Victorian colonial legacy of sexual prurience, which the missionaries of the day felt bound to intruduce into Ugandan Church teaching and culture.

In Britain, the former colonising Churches have had to revise their own theological and cultural strategy and opinions on what is the true nature of the homosexual phenomenon - accepting that the scientific view has changed considerably from that obtaining in the 19th century mission-field. Sadly, the former colonial Churches in Africa, and other places, have not taken on board modern social and scientific evidence now available to medical and sociological specialists, whose opinons on what was once thought to be a harmful and aberrative variation of sexual orientation have changed - to recognise the probability that homosexuality is just a normal variant of the spectrum of human sexual response.

Uganda's (and Nigeria's) entrenched and outdated homophobic stance has more recently been noted, encouraged and assisted by conservative American Church influences (as evidenced in a recent ARP report) which have succeeded in infiltrating ex-colonial African Churches (with the notable exception of South Africa) to a point where the Ugandan and Nigerian Anglican Churches have ordained American bishops to head a similar colonial Church movement in the USA and Canada (CANA being one). ACNA, also, is deeply involved in this homophobic culture.

Whether Professor Tamale's discussion paper will be made available to ordinary members of the Anglican Church in Uganda is problematic.

This shows that Ugandans can argue their own human rights cases -- something that our calls for international outcry may cast in the shade?

Jeff Charlotte [spelling may be off] who infiltrated and wrote a book about a very creepy conservative group called The Family [which is the name of the book he wrote about it]is behind the proposed Ugandan legislation. How? The Ugandan who proposed it is what the group calls a Core Member. The organizar of Uganda's National Day of Prayer is also a member. The Family is behind it here. The speakers in America are pretty bland, but the seminars around the national day are recruiting tools. I'm sure it's the same in Uganda. Please keep an eye out for print stories about this. The Family owns a mansion called The HOuse of C Street, [think I got that right] where congressmen and members live. They have another comples called The Cedars, elsewhere in DC.

I hope if print stories come out, Simon will start a new thread.

These people a evangelical, protestant and catholic, and believe in a kind of secret Gospel of Jesus - if you read the NT right, it's all about power. They admire how Hitler, Mao, and Stalin understood power. Their membership includes senators, congressmen, governors, and state offcials - mostly Republican but some Democrates. Scary.

This address should be forwarded to the UN general Secretary for discussion by their council, and to all faith leadersAnglican/Roman, Moslem, and all other religions. A light to lighten the gentiles.

Fr John

"This shows that Ugandans can argue their own human rights cases -- something that our calls for international outcry may cast in the shade?"

My unserstanding that there is very little of what we would call a free press for ordinary Ugandans. Professor Tamale is taking a brave step in writing what he did. I pray he is not punished for it.