Clergy: Jail gays, dont hang them

ByaseL · 2009-10-29T08:12:42+00:00

Homosexuals should not be killed but instead imprisoned for life, religious leaders have suggested. Making their input in the Anti-homosexuality Bill 2009 yesterday, said clergy said the clause on death as a penalty for homosexuality be scrapped. If you kill the people, to whom will the message go? We need to have imprisonment for life if the person is still alive, said Rev. Canon Aaron Mwesigye, the provincial secretary of the Church of Uganda. The group, which also comprised Dr Joseph Kakembo of the Seventh Day Adventist church, Dr Joseph Sserwadda, the head of Pentecostal churches, Prof. Peter Matovu, the Orthodox vicar general of the Orthodox and Sheikh Ali Mohammed, representing the mufti, however, made it clear that they support the Bill, because homosexuality is an evil and is anti-godly. The Bill tabled before Parliament on October 15, by Mr David Bahati [Ndorwa East], and Mr Obua Benson [Moroto], seeks to prohibit any form of sexual relations between same sex people. Parliament yesterday begun public debates on the Bill, conducted by the committee on presidential affairs.

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Start date Oct 29, 2009

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