and quotes yours truly …
A prominent ex-gay ministry is speaking out against a proposed law in Uganda that could criminalize anyone involved in same-sex sexual relationships and anyone knowledgeable of those affairs.
Exodus International leaders said the Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009, introduced into the Ugandan Parliament on Oct. 14 to affirm traditional family values, discriminates against people with same-sex attraction.
“Overall the bill’s intent is to silence, intimidate and oppress people who have same sex attraction,” said Randy Thomas, executive vice president of Exodus International, a ministry geared toward helping homosexuals find freedom from same-sex attraction. “It is very hostile toward people with same-sex attraction.”
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Read the whole story: Ministry Decries Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill.
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If Uganda passes this odious bill, ex-gay ministries absolutely will absolutely not be able to operate in that country. Why? It has a provision requiring all those who know about someone’s homosexuality to report that person or face jail time. It criminalises “promotion” of homosexuality (i.e., no free speech for LGBT Ugandans). It is designed to have an extraterritorial reach. In which case EI and other groups like yours will have to report on its members, which means you guys will not be able to disciple gays in Uganda into a chaste life without risking jail terms yourself!
This bill is bad news for all people who have same-sex attraction: those who are not yet sexually active, those who are sexually active and those who, for one reason or another, swear off same-sex sex and lust for good.
What you wrote has been something that I’ve been thinking about … perhaps I haven’t had the same exact thoughts but I have begun to ask a few questions …
How can Exodus and ex-gay ministries operate in that kind of environment?
It seems to me that there really is no hope for those in Uganda who struggle with same sex attraction and who may be wanting to find hope and healing.
So … I do wonder how ex-gay type ministries would operate in that country?
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