Barack Obama - Pressure on African Leaders
It is without doubt that the American Government led by an African-American, do not fully understand Africa’s take on homosexuality. To Africans around the world, it is simply dirty. Not the norm in our social and cultural way of life. And in no way can this devilish and ungodly act be thrown down our throats. Africans do not look at Homosexuality as a human rights affair. The peoples of Africa respect all human way of life that is acceptable in the eyes of God, and that is deemed ethical and normal in society. There is no common sense in the mechanics of a man having an affair with another man. That is not how God intended it to be. It is pure filth when you come to think about it. Advocating for it and giving all sorts of stupid excuses like human rights reasons, does not qualify it for African consumption nor consideration. Becoming Homosexual should deprive any human being from human rights protection within the scope of practicing homosexuality – it does not mean that they should be deprived of other aspects of human rights! The emphasis here is that their rights to practice homosexuality should be discouraged. Why? Because it is simply not a decent way of life, and it seriously undermines the sacred nature of marriage and family as God wants it to be. If it is the norm, then why are Homosexuals spending much of their time advocating for equal rights? Why are majority of the world’s society against this demonic practice?
I know Gay advocate groups will throw attacks at me for this; but it’s time for this whole political correctness approach by Western Governments trying to force down unethical acceptance of some of the things that have destroyed the fabrics of their societies into Africa’s rich cultural tradition of decency and pride, to be stopped. You may want to ask yourself why, with so many beautiful women around the world, any man in his right senses will have to even be attracted to another man? There is something fundamentally wrong with any man who can lust for another man. God created Man and Woman differently for a reason. He created a sexual connection between the two for apparent reasons of procreation and sexual fulfilment, and the physical chemistry to go with it all. The sensual difference of the bodies of a man and a woman expresses God’s intentions fully. The African way of life is not keen on being introduced to such nasty adventures that may only ensure the wrath of God. Maybe, this is one thing the West can learn from Africa, after exploiting our resources to build their nations and using us as slaves to build their economies, now they want to introduce a satanic approach to social liberation that has made them look foolish to the rest of the world.
For Barack Obama to pick up his phone and threaten the Ugandan President of sanctions if the government does not change its stance on Gay rights, is not only disgraceful of someone with a strong African background, it goes to expose a political weakness of this otherwise noble African child. Any act of homosexuality introduced to Africa, will be met with vehement force that will only reflect on the people’s disgust of this human embarrassment. For the Almighty God to bless his people, the world should desist from blatant disregard of God’s intended way of life for us humans. No one can validate Homosexuality. Any reason or excuse given to engage in such acts is merely done for the disgusting gratification some get from it. Uganda and Kenya must be commended for taking such drastic actions on gay and lesbians and urged to keep the momentum. Africa will not tolerate any homosexuality on its corridors of traditional decency.
The resources the West uses to advocate for Gay rights should have been well spent in educating and treating Homosexuals of their apparent mental health problems. Or more so, spent in compensating Africans for their looted resources. Africa will never be prepared for the acceptance of homosexuality. The wrath of God should not be under-estimated. By wanting to introduce Homosexuality into Africa, it is another attempt by the West to destroy what is left of our culture, traditions, and society; and for them to finally confine us to the abyss of destruction. We say no! And the fight to stop this will continue, by God’s grace.
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Quote: I don’t want to play the role of a shrink, but I find your strong desire for the punishment of others to be very psychologically disturbing.
Answer: I find the fact homosexuals aren’t STILL in jail or mental hospitals AND now have the RIGHT to vote to be very psychologically disturbing.
Mark, your approach on this debate is completely wrong and very arrogant. I am surprise that, you call yourself an educated person. For an educated person will not advocate change through the method of coercion and abuse. An educated person will employ dialogue and persuasion to bring about change. But it seems you guys have a moral absolutist position on this issue and anyone who disagrees with you is some how subhuman. This same aggressive method was successfully used in UK and other European countries to accept being gay as the norm. In these countries being a heterosexual is becoming redundant and an endangered species. How long did it take the societies you consider civilised to adopt the position they have now? The question you should ask yourself first and foremost is what is a civilised society? I think you should answer that question before you start insulting a whole continent. I am an educated person to post graduate level from UK Universities and I have lived and worked in London for the past twenty years and my views on this issue for Africa remain unchanged. I think you need to examine your own position and arrogance on this issue. Are you seriously suggesting that, anyone who disagrees with your absolutist position is uneducated and backward? Well, you will be surprise to know that Africa is not alone in this. How about the great majority of the conservative people in UK, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, most of Asia and the USA?
Let me thank Ebou, Mel, Ahmed M. Kamara and the Newstime Africa Team with regards to the above publication authored by Ahmed M. Kamara and published on 14th February, 2010 on the Newstime Africa website.
To Ebou, Mel and others, for their fierce stance in the argument prompted by the story. To Ahmed, for his courage in tackling such a thorny issue. To the Newstime Africa Team, for stimulating the debate and providing the forum that allows both camps to present their opposing views on the subject. That is what true journalism is all about.Now it is up to members of the reading audience to analyse the content (minus the obscenities), weigh the evidence and form their own opinions on whether homosexuality has a place in Human society. But this is a very slippery ground to trend on.
Every society, big or small, has its own set of values that define the way of life of its members. These encompass people’s beliefs, dress code, food and sexual orientation which are as diverse as humanity itself. We may practise different religions, but the desire to worship is the same. We put on different clothing primarily to cover up our nudity. We may have different cuisines, but the hunger is the same; and we may have different sexual tastes, but the orgasm is the same.
So, why do we label one culture superior and another inferior? Why do we condemn people who are different from who we are and what we are? Homosexuality is not an African way of life. Should Africans accept it because it is now becoming part of western culture? Let me hastily add that a greater percentage of westerners reject homosexuality. It is true that some Africans may have chosen to become homosexuals, but that does not make it an acceptable norm of African culture.
Therefore, western campaigns to promote homosexuality as a human right issue in Africa should be seen as an act of blatant disregard of African values. If the west is really serious about promoting human right issues, why don’t they start in the Middle East where human right abuses are worst than in Africa? For instance, why not talk to the Saudis to at least grant driving licenses to their women folks?
Africa may be poor and in dire need of western hand-outs, but any western attempts to impose any of its values incompatible with the African way of life will be met with fierce resistance. Uganda is a case in point that sends a clear signal to the west not to meddle with African values it knows so little about. Chinua Achebe, a renowned African writer sums it up in his masterpiece work, Things Fall Apart where he rhetorically asks, ‘Does the white man understand our custom…?’ ‘How can he when he does not even speak our tongue? But he says that our customs are bad.’
It is said that, when we live and let live, we do not need to criticize, judge, or condemn others. We have no right to control them or try and make them conform to our way of thinking. We simply let others live their own lives and we live ours. To our western members of the human race, please do your thing as you see fit and kindly accord us (Africans) the simple courtesy to let us do ours as we see fit. Diversity in humanity indicates that two people can look at the same thing but yet see it differently.
To my African brothers and sisters joining forces with the west to promote Homosexuality in Africa, please take heed of events in Uganda and reconsider your choices. Africa will never allow any of her people to bring a cause on the motherland. To members of the reading audience following the debate prompted by the publication, I will leave you with Achebe’s take on the ways of the white man as food for thought. ‘The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably… We were amused… and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.’
I believe the prevailing theory is accidental injury while butchering monkeys infected with a mutation of the simian version of HIV. I’m not sure how that’s particularly relevant to your argument.
Keep in mind that no matter how pretty your argument is, it all comes down to murdering people to get your way.
The United States and many people here are speaking to your country because you are enacting legislation to murder people based on their sexual orientation. What you are doing is wrong. You refuse to look at the scientific evidence that being gay is not a choice. If you do not want our interference, do not take our money. With respect to other countries and our lack of objection to how they treat gays, I agree. We are hypocritical. Americans should stand up for Human Rights across the world. When I read that some of your fellow countrymen would murder their own children for being gay, all I can think is that these people are living in a barbaric culture that goes back 3000 years. Yea. We don’t like murdering innocent people. And we won’t shut up about it. Don’t like your gay citizens? Send them here. Please.
Sorry guys been busy trying to finish my PhD thesis in Swansea Uni. Adebayor! do you know what is called EGUNGUN be careful? since you wanted to know about me,….I am Naija to tha core, proud with my likkle green white green lapel and flag hanging by my pin-striped-suit, and all Karo-o-jire-bi are tolerant, in fact there is a proverb that read as follows ”you eat rat with a belly-botton in the secret and enclave of your own house”. I slept with a bunch of women, in all shades of colours and a whole bunch of ages from 16 to 52 years old, with the colour changing slowly from Charcoal-black fine azz in OAU-ife to white skined, blue-eyed ageing blondes in London, Northampton, and Manchester and still counting….but be sure of these, I will never have anything against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender sexual deviants and gender benders for effect. If they are my family, hey u welcome in my home, I repeat LGBT is not a contagion. God Bless African. Oh Africa
Thanks for your article. It has given me very much to ponder. Thanks again!
great article