'Why don’t they impose the same sanctions on the Middle East countries which have the same or harsher laws against LGBT?” Henry Okello Oryem, the State Minister for Foreign Affairs in Uganda, wondered.
Western foreign policy on anti-sodomy laws is consistently inconsistent – poor nations that can be bullied, are; more powerful countries that are needed as financial partners, aren’t.
'LGBT people may not be criminalized because they’ve committed no crime, but neither should this position also become something to be imposed on cultures which are not yet ready to accept stuff like that,' said Cardinal Peter Turkson.
First introduced in June 2021, the proposed law seeks to uphold traditional sexual ethics in Ghana while rejecting the so-called 'rights' of people to engage in or promote deviant behavior.
Uganda, which has remained firm in its traditional values despite ongoing pressure from the West to accept radical sexual ideologies, announced last week that it will defer signing the New Partnership Agreement.
Biden announced that his administration will exclude Uganda from the African Growth and Opportunity Act program for alleged ‘violations’ of ‘human rights’ after the country banned homosexuality.
Protestors gathered with pro-family signs in Mombasa the day after the ruling, holding messages such as ‘repent and turn to God,’ identifying themselves as the ‘anti-LGBTQ movement.’
On this episode of The Van Maren Show, Jonathon explains how the left is guilty of neocolonialism by pushing the sexual revolution on African countries, while the media falsely accuses the political right of doing the same.
Lawmakers are warning of the harms of porn and of sex ed for kids in Africa, as well as the danger of a treaty that would destroy the sovereignty of African nations.