out damn spot

Congressman Barney Franks used to joke that gay people didn't even make it into the top ten (commandments).

According to this story (first linked at Simon Sarmiento's blog from the Kampala Monitor) the outgoing archbishop of the Anglican Church in Uganda says that gay folk in the church are really bad.

Here are two brief excerpts:

Outgoing Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Livingstone Mpalanyi Nkoyoyo has reiterated his stern position on homosexuality, saying gays have no room in the Anglican Church.

... He said homosexuality and lesbianism are the highest forms of immorality that the church is facing today.

Do the others who disagree with Bishop Robinson's confirmation agree with Archbishop Nkoyoyo on these two statements? I hope that they don't.

But I would hate to be a gay person in Uganda when the head of the church equates him or her in these terms.

There has been a lot of talk about threats to Christians from Muslims and others who have a vicious hatred of homosexuality/homosexuals. As an American in Indiana, it is incredibly wrong for me to ignore cultural as well as theological reasons why many of the African primates are so strongly anti-gay.

But I would hope that these bishops understand that their words may encourage violence against gay folk. And as these discussions or debate go on, I think they ought to understand the theological and cultural reasons why many within the ECUSA disagree with them.