So one of the potential candidates for pope has a record of being openly and blatantly anti-gay. He supports the "Kill the Gays" bill that is on the verge of being implemented in Uganda. I am horrified at the thought of this man becoming the religious leader of so many people.
However, I don't think Turkson is really that much farther to the right of most Catholic clergy. I know there are a few progressive priests who have reached out to the gay community. But their motives are not always pure. In other words, the hope of converting gay and lesbian individuals to being straight, or at least living a celibate life without a partner, is usually lurking around the corner in these situations.
I just wanted to bring this up, because it shows how much hatred is still out there for the gay community. And it is a hatred so savage as to want to reinstate the death penalty for gays and lesbians.
“Turkson is so anti-gay that he actually defended draconian laws that criminalize homosexuality and gay sex, including Uganda’s notorious ”Kill the Gays” bill,” writes John M. Becker at Bilerico. “Speaking last year to the National Catholic Register, Turkson opined that while the penalties imposed by such laws are ‘exaggerated,’ the desire of many Africans and African leaders to incarcerate or even execute their gay citizens is actually perfectly understandable, and that the ‘intensity of the reaction [to homosexuality] is probably commensurate with tradition.’”
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