ADDIS ABABA (AFP) — Religious leaders in Ethiopia on Monday urged lawmakers to amend the country's constitution to ban homosexuality in a move they argue could further strengthen existing codes. At a meeting in the Ethiopian capital, nearly a dozen religious figures, including heads of Ethiopia's Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Protestant churches, adopted a resolution against homosexuality, which they termed as "the pinnacle of immorality."
Editors Note
Dear Clerics,
Homosexuals did not choose to be homosexual as heterosexuals did not choose to be heterosexual.
Homosexual orientation is as natural as heterosexual orientation, that sexual orientation is determined by a combination of yet unknown pre- and post-natal influences, and that it is dangerous and inappropriate to tell a homosexual that he or she could or should attempt to change his or her sexual orientation. If we see the history of these three churches, it is the church that is a "pinnacle of immorality".
They also blamed homosexuality for the rise in sexual attacks on children and young men.
"This is something very strange in Ethiopia, the land of the Bible that condemns this very strongly," said Abune Paolos, the patriarch of Ethiopia's Orthodox Church.
"For people to act in this manner they have to be dumb, stupid like animals," he told reporters. "We strongly condemn this behaviour. They (homosexuals) have to be disciplined and their acts discriminated, they have to be given a lesson."
Homosexuals can be jailed for a minimum of six months in Ethiopia, where hostility towards gays is high and sexual practices are very conservative.
But while homosexuality is illegal under the country's penal code, it is not mentioned in the constitution.
"We urge parliamentarians to... endorse a ban on homosexual activity in the constitution," the resolution read.
It also urged the government to establish more rehabilitation centres and to place strict controls on the distribution of pornographic materials.
The head of local NGO United for Life Ethiopia said homosexuality was not a human rights issue.
"Here we don't believe that it is and we don't believe that it is related to creation -- it has no biological base," head Sium Antonios said.
"It is unacceptable, it is immoral. Every religious leader said in one voice that it is the pinnacle of immorality," he added.
Editors Note
Dear Clerics,
Homosexuals did not choose to be homosexual as heterosexuals did not chose to be heterosexual.
Homosexual orientation is as natural as heterosexual orientation, that sexual orientation is determined by a combination of yet unknown pre- and post-natal influences, and that it is dangerous and inappropriate to tell a homosexual that he or she could or should attempt to change his or her sexual orientation. If we see the history of these three churches, it is the church that is a "pinnacle of immorality".
Do you think this words from the bible should also be included in a constitution
DEUTERONOMY 22:13-21
If it is discovered that a bride is not a virgin, the Bible demands that she be executed by stoning immediately.
DEUTERONOMY 22:22
If a married person has sex with someone else's husband or wife, the Bible commands that both adulterers be stoned to death.
MARK 10:1-12
Divorce is strictly forbidden in both Testaments, as is remarriage of anyone who has been divorced.
LEVITICUS 18:19
The Bible forbids a married couple from having sexual intercourse during a woman's period. If they disobey, both shall be executed.
MARK 12:18-27
If a man dies childless, his widow is ordered by biblical law to have intercourse with each of his brothers in turn until she bears her deceased husband a male heir.
DEUTERONOMY 25:11-12
If a man gets into a fight with another man and his wife seeks to rescue her husband by grabbing the enemy's genitals, her hand shall be cut off and no pity shall be shown her.
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