Pastors petition parlaiment in support of the anti-homosexuality bill

Here is the full statement that was presented to the Deputy Speaker of the Parlaiment of Uganda.

RE: SUPPORT OF THE ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY BILL 2009
We the religious leaders of Uganda, under the National Task Force Against Homosexuality, which represents: the National Fellowship of Born Again Pentecostal Churches, The Seventh Day Adventist, Born Again Faith Federation, Uganda Muslim Supreme Council, The Islamic Office of Social Welfare in Uganda, The Uganda Joint Christian Council, which also represents: The Orthodox Church in Uganda, and The Roman Catholic Church in Uganda do here by humbly write to you to express our support of the anti-homosexuality bill 2009, that was tabled in parliament in October 2009.

We support the efforts of our legislators, David Bahati and others who tabled this bill in parliament to deal with this evil of homosexuality in an effort to protect the traditional family as it is in the constitution, between a man and a woman; to protect our children in schools against promoters and recruiters and Headmasters who want to protect the reputation of their schools rather than expose the evil of homosexuality that is building up in our schools.

We also express our support for the President, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and the people of Uganda for standing strong against this evil of homosexuality. We promise that we shall support you and continuously encourage you and pray for you that you may continue to be strong on this issue.

We all know that more than 95% of Ugandans regard homosexuality as an abomination, so do not be intimidated or pressured to give in. This is our moment as a country to stand together, in unity to defeat homosexuality, regardless of our political inclinations, and our tribal backgrounds.

We know that the bill has attracted a lot of International pressure from our partners and donors as a country, with Sweden threatening to cut aid if the bill is passed into law, the American President, Barack Obama, his top Diplomat Hillary Clinton and senators speaking out against the bill and the drumming on the issue of Human Rights Violations.

We want you to know that we, as custodians of morality in our country, together with all Ugandans, we are standing strong to protect our values and traditions. We urge you to keep it this way; marriage and sexual relations only between a man and a woman.

Over 80 out of the 192 Countries in the world have a law against the homosexuality and they are strong on the same, over 40 countries in the Common Wealth have a law against homosexuality. So we urge you to keep strong and go forward to pass this legislation to provide a strong and comprehensive law on homosexuality.
We as the Task Force, we have been able to reply back to some of the International criticisms from religious leaders and politicians internationally. You will find attached a letter we wrote to Rick Warren, the “American Pastor” and Barack Obama the President of the United States.

We request you not to betray the cause of Ugandans who support the bill, by ensuring that the bill is passed come February and that it becomes law, to strengthen and make the law in the penal code constitutional.
Thank you so much for standing for the family.

Yours in Service

Bishop David Kiganda
Dr. Martin Ssempa
Ps. Peterson Ssozi
Al Hajji Nsereko Mutumba

The Coalition that presented this is Called National Task Force Against Homosexuality and it represents: The National Fellowship of Born again Churches; The Seventh Adventists Church; The Uganda Joint Christian Council which also represents: The Orthodox Church in Uganda, The Roman Catholic Church in Uganda, The Islamic Office of Social Welfare in Uganda, Born Again Faith Federation