UGANDA CLERIC SHOWS GAY PORN FILM

UGANDAN ANTI-GAY PASTOR AIRS
GAY PORN IN CHURCH TO EDUCATE

NAIROBI (guardian.co.uk) - An anti-gay clergyman in Uganda has screened gay pornography during a church service in Kampala yesterday, in an attempt to gain support for proposed anti-homosexuality laws. "We are in the process of legislation and we have to educate ourselves about what homosexuals do," Pastor Martin Ssempa told the BBC. He screened same-sex pornography in a church to try to bolster support for proposed anti-homosexuality legislation. He told the BBC's Network Africa programme: "In Africa, what you do in your bedroom affects our clan, it affects our tribe, it affects our nation." While Ssempa represents the extreme end of widely held homophobic views in Uganda, he does carry strong influence. On his website he describes himself as "consultant to the government of Uganda". Although gay sex is already illegal in Uganda, they have whipped up public sentiment by insisting that tougher measures are needed to punish homosexuals who they say are "recruiting" children at schools. The action of this Ugandan pastor has been condemned by gay rights groups. In Kenya, where anti-gay sentiment is also strong, the gay support group Ishtar said that by showing pornography Ssempa was trying to imply that being gay was "just about sex".

The legislation calls for life imprisonment for anyone caught having gay sex, with the death penalty for repeat offenders or those with HIV. But the proposals have generated much opposition abroad, with the governments of Britain, the US and Canada, all significant donors to Uganda, leading the condemnation. Uganda has been widely criticised for even contemplating the bill, with US President Barack Obama calling it "odious". The pressure appears to have worked. President Yoweri Museveni has tried to distance himself from the bill, telling parliament that the international response had made it a foreign policy issue.

WHAT DO THE VEDIC TEACHINGS TELL US?

The homosexuality topic is specifically complex, because it deals with a condition that may be the result of several previous lives, it can come as a mental problem, hormones or even a physical problem. It is a phenomenon that’s been present in human culture from the time of the old Vedic scriptures. ... We should understand that the ones that have problems with drugs, material attachments, homosexuality and so on, can solve their problems by coming in touch with the all merciful Maha mantra Hare Krishna, and by the association of the devotees. For this reason we open temples all over the world; to help people.

Śrīla Bhakti Aloka Paramadvaiti Mahārāja :
“Homosexuality” (chat 23 September 2002)
http://www.vaisnavi.org/v2/chat/homosexuality.php