gays strayed and they must be corrected

Source: The Monitor

April 19, 2006: I have read Mr. Vukoni’s article about Uganda's homophobic religious people with amusement. Before I raise my comments, let me confess that I am also homophobic.

First, let us not mix the issue of homosexual practices with things like "sad term" or other "sins" which we commit on daily basis. Lets look at it on its own merit. Homosexuality is an abomination in most societies. Gays are also human beings, but they have strayed and must be corrected.

For example, when a child develops into a thief, irrespective of the reasons, we should all show him that stealing is bad and then if he continues to steal, we should go ahead to help him change or punish him. We don't encourage the child to continue stealing because stealing is condemned in all societies.

This does not mean that we are clean ourselves. However there should be mechanisms to clean us or punish us as well. The same should be done to gays. Although Jesus tried to make the laws less rigid, he never condoned evil. He stopped people from stoning an adulterous woman, but told her to change her ways. But also he vigorously chased away people who were trading in a synagogue (holy place).

Secondly, another problem with the gays is the way they vigorously promote their acts by enticing our youth to join them. If their acts were natural, they wouldn't be struggling to recruit the young ones into their acts.

Remember one secondary school in Masaka where they were sending creams and vaselines to secondary school students to aid their acts? That shows that they work like drug dealers who promote the use of drugs in Europe where they trade in teenage girls for prostitution.

Let me pause a question here, does Mr. Vukoni think that society should intervene when teenage girls are enticed and sold into prostitution? But thanks for provoking a debate.

Deus Mubangizi
deus.mubangizi@unbs.go.ug