The
South African Nobel peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu says he
will never worship a 'homophobic God' and would rather go to hell
than find himself in a 'homophobic heaven'.
The
retired archbishop said the fight against homophobia in South Africa
was similar to the campaign waged against racial apartheid in South
Africa.
Archbishop
Tutu, 81, was speaking at the launch of the UN's first global
campaign to promote gay rights.
'I
am as passionate about this campaign as I ever was about apartheid.
For me, it is at the same level,' the 81-year-old archbishop said at
the launch of the Free and Equal campaign in Cape Town.
Same-sex
relationships are illegal in more than a third of countries around
the world and punishable by death in five, Ms Pillay said.
In
Africa, homosexual acts are criminalised in 38 countries, according
to the rights group Amnesty International.
Tutu,
who retired as Archbishop of Cape Town in 1996, has long campaigned
for gay rights.
'I
would refuse to go to a homophobic heaven. No, I would say sorry, I
mean I would much rather go to the other place,' he said.
'I
would not worship a God who is homophobic and that is how deeply I
feel about this.'
What
bible are these ministers beginning to read? Certainly not the same
one I am reading. The Bible clearly said, not only will God punish
those who do these things but those who also support those who do
them. So what am I missing?
No comments:
Post a Comment