Wcc Concerned About Anti-homosexual Bill In Uganda

[John Kenyon]

World Council of Churches - News Release
Contact: +41 22 791 6153 +41 79 507 6363 media@wcc-coe.org


For immediate release - 22/12/2009 14:35:39

WCC CONCERNED ABOUT ANTI-HOMOSEXUAL BILL IN UGANDA


The general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), the Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, wrote a letter to Uganda's President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, saying that the WCC was "saddened and distressed to receive the news from Uganda regarding a proposed law against homosexual individuals […], which also proposes the death penalty to be meted to homosexual individuals who are HIV positive".

Kobia reminds the president of the commandment to love one's neighbour, adding that the law "should definitely not promote hatred".

He also warns that "all the discussions, time, efforts and some times money, used on the issue of homosexuality distracts us from non judgmental and constructive discussions about the majority’s problems" and that such a bill, if enacted, "will leave a lot of room for manipulation, abuse […] and oppression of people".

Full text of the letter:
http://www.oikoumene.org/?id=7480


Additional information: Juan Michel,+41 22 791 6153 +41 79 507 6363 media@wcc-coe.org