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Wednesday August 22, 2007
Ugandan Vice President Opposes Abortion and Homosexuality as "Abnormal" and "Immoral"
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By Elizabeth O'Brien
MASAKA, Uganda, August 22, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - On Sunday the Vice President of Uganda stated that he is against abortion and homosexuality and that he will oppose any initiative to legalize them in Uganda, allAfrica.com reports.
Speaking at St. Joseph's Church Kinoni in the Masaka District, Vice President Gilbert Bukenya referred to homosexuality, saying, "The practice might be legal in some western countries, but we cannot adopt it here because our cultural norms are different." He referred to the importance of the unwritten laws that govern a culture, giving the example that people of the same clan cannot marry one another.
"As a Member of Parliament, I will definitely oppose any proposal to adopt such abnormal and immoral practices," he said.
Bukenya was responding to comments by Bishop John Baptist Kaggwa of Masaka Diocese, who criticized the homosexual group that organized the first of its kind gay press conference last week and demanded the legalization of homosexuality in Uganda.
The bishop encouraged politicians to take a stand against homosexuality, saying that it contradicts both God and nature. He said, "Even if it is a fundamental human right to marry a person of one's choice, our members of Parliament should come out boldly to oppose homosexuality since it is not only against the teaching of God it is also against nature."
The Vice President's commitment also follows close on the heels of a massive rally held in protest of the recent push for legalized homosexuality in Uganda. Hundreds of protestors from various different faiths rallied yesterday at a sports ground in Lugogo in response to last week's gay press conference. Rally organizer Pastor Martin Sempa, stated his opposition to active homosexuality, saying, it breaks three laws, "the laws in the Bible and the Koran, the laws of nature and the laws of the land, the Ugandan Constitution" (See http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/aug/07082103.html).
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