tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989890166047940960.post779782856083397132..comments2024-01-13T10:13:06.558+00:00Comments on PaddyAnglican: Sermon for Epiphany 4 – 30th January 2011 - A response to the murder of David KatoStephen Neillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15130425037498473898noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989890166047940960.post-81588264679440516152011-01-31T02:21:12.813+00:002011-01-31T02:21:12.813+00:00Come on western world, for once cut us some slack!...<i>Come on western world, for once cut us some slack! </i><br /><br />I will cut you some slack when Uganda shuts down "Rolling Stone" magazine and sends its "editor" to jail for inciting violence.<br /><br />I will cut Uganda some slack when every senior government official--from the President to the local police chief--publicly condemns violence against LGBTs and when the Ugandan parliament repudiates the "death to gays" bill and sends David Bahati back to whatever cesspool he crawled out of.<br /><br />I will cut Uganda some slack when the Anglican Bishops in Uganda issue a joint statement condemning violence against LGBTs and start preaching that message from pulpits across the nation.<br /><br />Until then, I will believe that Ugandans are happy to see the kind of violence perpetrated against David Kato. I will continue to believe that you excuse the inexcusable and sit silently by while murder is done in the name of God. And I will continue to believe--based on plenty of evidence--that Ugandans are happy to do the dirty work of American evangelicals. (That same brand of American evangelicals who, just a few decades ago, could be found standing proudly underneath the trees where they lynched "uppity" blacks for trumped up reasons.)<br /><br />My grandmother always taught me that I would be known by the company I keep, Obed. Your country is in bed with some really nasty folks. Kick them out, protect the dignity of EVERY human being, and THEN I'll cut you some slack.<br /><br />DoxyWormwood's Doxyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10882756844690851674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989890166047940960.post-17097137882115299162011-01-30T17:27:34.871+00:002011-01-30T17:27:34.871+00:00Obed, if we grant for a moment that the specifics ...Obed, if we grant for a moment that the specifics of the murderer and his motives are unproven, what we are left with is the utter failure of the hierarchy to provide anything like a pastoral Christian response to the fact of the murder. <br /><br />If, heaven forbid, someone you know is killed tomorrow and I understand that Uganda has massive problems with economic violence, you will expect a funeral that has some dignity and decency. You might even expect a priest to show up! That is all, just show up and read the service. <br /><br />Uganda showed its complete lack of heart and Christian caring and you want to discuss the motive of the killer. I suspect we won't ever know because the government like the church does not much care. His killer will likely never be located, tried or convicted. That too speaks of a toxic church, and a toxic culture.<br /><br />That the so-called Christian Right (which is neither Christian nor right) helps to create the toxicity is shameful. That Dr. Williams is capable of claiming that ABp Orombi and his gang of vested thugs are part of the Anglican Communion while putting down the ministry of PBp. Katherine and TEC is blasphemy.<br /><br />FWIW<br />jimBJimBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17312606954135884910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989890166047940960.post-19595188699079177032011-01-30T08:42:01.355+00:002011-01-30T08:42:01.355+00:00I believe a culture reaps what it sows, obed247.
...I believe a culture reaps what it sows, obed247.<br /><br />A Ugandan newspaper felt free to publish Kato's picture, w/ the phrase (pertaining to Kato and LGBTs) "Hang Them" (Kato had to SUE for damages, but the damage had been done!)<br /><br />It should not surprise Ugandans that, in a "Hang Them" culture, there is so much violence.<br /><br />[And for the record, obed, I levy the SAME kind of charges at my own US culture. We, too, permit pictures of gun-sights over Congressional districts, and then weep&wail when the corresponding Congresswoman is SHOT. Moreover, since people from my country have been involved in fomenting anti-LGBT hatred in your country, it is (US) Americans who bear the larger burden of guilt! >:-(]JCFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989890166047940960.post-91845501717956845012011-01-29T20:42:41.817+00:002011-01-29T20:42:41.817+00:00Thanks Mimi :)
Obed247 - either way the response ...Thanks Mimi :)<br /><br />Obed247 - either way the response of the Church is the key issue!Stephen Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15130425037498473898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989890166047940960.post-16475391505698531312011-01-29T20:39:30.486+00:002011-01-29T20:39:30.486+00:00Stephen, yours is, indeed, a wonderful sermon for ...Stephen, yours is, indeed, a wonderful sermon for the times. Thank you.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989890166047940960.post-29511961371890827412011-01-29T20:26:10.871+00:002011-01-29T20:26:10.871+00:00His murder wasnt sexually inclined. If u watch uga...His murder wasnt sexually inclined. If u watch uganda local news, almost 1 person is killed in mukono on a daily and many wounded. Its currently the most notorious district in uganda. It was a robbery related murder. Come on western world, for once cut us some slack!Obed247https://www.blogger.com/profile/12350326353588756219noreply@blogger.com