BBC slammed for debating Ugandan bill to kill gays
UPDATE AT BOTTOM
The BBC thinks the question of whether there ought to be a law that allows governments to kill gays because they are gay is a legimate topic.
The BBC takes Islam so seriously that it has bought into the idea that Sharia is a legitimate form of law.
From Yahoo News:
One has to wonder if it isn't time to kill the BBC.LONDON – Politicians are criticizing the BBC for inviting debate on whether homosexuals should face execution in Uganda.
The broadcaster launched an on-line debate over a proposed Ugandan law that would punish some homosexual acts by life imprisonment or death.
BBC's "Africa Have Your Say" Web site asked for people's views on whether Uganda has gone too far and whether there should be any laws against gays.
But several British politicians said Wednesday that the BBC should not treat the execution of gays as a legitimate topic for discussion.
Opposition lawmaker Lynne Featherstone has written to BBC executives seeking an apology and end to the Web discussion. "The BBC are only fanning the flames of hatred as many of the comments demonstrate," she says.
I'll stand with the gays on this one. If they decide it's time to kill the BBC, I'm ready and willing to start shooting.
UPDATE: Commenter Tom points out that Uganda is a Christian country. So, I was wrong to call the BBC out for dhimmitude in this case. Sorry.
Here's the story:
US Christian Leaders Oppose Uganda’s “Kill Gays” Bill
Timothy Kincaid
December 8th, 2009
A collection of religious leaders organized by Faith in the Public Life have issued a statement in opposition to Uganda’s “Kill Gays” bill (pdf).
And, unlike the careful language of some that only seems to sympathize with ex-gay ministries and oppose mandated reporting, this statement seems to find Christian sympathy for the targets of this legislation and is not conditional in its opposition.
Our Christian faith recognizes violence, harassment and unjust treatment of any human being as a betrayal of Jesus’ commandment to love our neighbors as ourselves. As followers of the teachings of Christ, we must express profound dismay at a bill currently before the Parliament in Uganda. The “Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2009″ would enforce lifetime prison sentences and in some cases the death penalty for homosexual behavior, as well as punish citizens for not reporting their gay and lesbian neighbors to the authorities.
As Americans, some may wonder why we are raising our voices to oppose a measure proposed in a nation so far away from home. We do so to bear witness to our Christian values, and to express our condemnation of an injustice in which groups and leaders within the American Christian community are being implicated. We appeal to all Christian leaders in our own country to speak out against this unjust legislation.
In our efforts to imitate the Good Samaritan, we stand in solidarity with those Ugandans beaten and left abandoned by the side of the road because of hatred, bigotry and fear. Especially during this holy season of Advent, when the global Christian community prepares in hope for the light of Christ to break through the darkness, we pray that they are comforted by God’s love.
Regardless of the diverse theological views of our religious traditions regarding the morality of homosexuality, in our churches, communities and families, we seek to embrace our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters as God’s children worthy of respect and love. Yet we are painfully aware that in our country gays and lesbians still face hostility and violence. We recognize that such treatment degrades the human family, threatens the common good and defies the teachings of our Lord — wherever it occurs.
Click here to see BTB’s complete coverage of recent anti-gay developments in Uganda.
Thomas P. Melady
Former U.S. Ambassador to Uganda and the Vatican
Ronald J. Sider
President
Evangelicals for Social Action
Jim Wallis
President
Sojourners
Dr. Sharon E. Watkins
General Minister and President
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada
Tony Campolo, PhD
President
Evangelical Association to the Promotion of Education
Bryan N. Massingale, S.T.D.
President, Catholic Theological Society of America
Associate Professor of Theological Ethics Marquette University
The Rev. Canon Peg Chemberlin
Incoming President
National Council of Churches of Christ USA
Brian McLaren
author. speaker. Activist
Jim Winkler
General Secretary
United Methodist General Board of Church and Society
Geoffrey Black
General Minister and President
United Church of Christ
Rev. Paul de Vries, PhD
President, New York Divinity School
Board Member, National Association of Evangelicals
Chris Korzen
Executive Director
Catholic United
Rev. Samuel Rodriguez
President
National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference
And many more.
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