Thursday, December 03, 2009

Martin Ssempa and the Family - Why Rick Warren won't speak out against anti-gay Ugandan bill

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow and journalist Jeff Sharlet recently discussed Uganda's anti-gay bill which, among other things, would push the death penalty for sexually active HIV positive lgbts and imprison any relative, pastor, or doctor who failed to report an LGBT person to police within 24 hours.

In the interview, Maddow and Shartlet discussed the relationship between Warren and several Ugandan leaders who are pushing for this legislation as well as their relationship with religious right leaders in America.

Big hat tip to TruthWinsout.org




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5 comments:

  1. Unknown10:24 AM

    Mr. Warren responded by distancing himself from Martin Ssempa, but also by refusing to condemn the proposal saying, quote, “It is not my personal calling as a pastor in America to comment or interfere in the political process of other nations.”

    “It is not my personal calling as a pastor…”

    What about your personal calling as a human being, Mr. Warren?

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  2. Matt Algren10:52 AM

    More evidence that you don't read my blog. tsk tsk.

    ;-)

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  3. BlackTsunami4:19 PM

    Email me your post, Matt. Let's collaborate more ;p

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  4. Anonymous2:27 AM

    I suppose, we all know that uganda can never be USA or EU etc etc. We are all missing the point by trying vilify Ssempa and Rick Warren. These two guys only just became friends recently. Ssempa has been in the strong fight against immorality in his country since 1988. His ministry has hardly seen any downfall in the fight against immorality in Uganda. We should then focus more on how to help Uganda rid out what she doesn't like since homosexualty is a dehumanising act. Infact in Africa where most of you have never lived for more than a week, homosexuality is absolutely unacceptable. It will always be fought ferociously. There is no room for such here. So let's all join arms and support Uganda in its quest to maitain there moral culture. Thank you.

    One more thing, Warren has never brought funded Ssempa. I was even shocked that the many times Warren has come to Uganda, he has never visited Ssempa,s ministry. Ssempa has built up himself on Righteousness, Justice, Dedicated Service to his God and Generosity.

    James

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  5. BlackTsunami3:23 AM

    It's amazing how much you sidestep, James.

    Through all of your talk of "truth" and God, you have not provided any justification of this awful bill. You call it fighting immorality when its really an act of terrorism.

    There is no truth persecuting people for being gay. No morality or goodness in it also. If Uganda has so much of a fear of lgbts, its obviously because of the ignorance propagated by Ssempa and folks like yourself.

    Uganda would be best served in leaving its lgbt citizens alone and correcting all of the misgivings folks like yourself and Ssempa put out there.

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