Wednesday, 29 October 2014 01:19
Archbishop Stanley Ntagali and President Museveni
“But we know you as a man of courage, a
man of wisdom. I know for a fact that you can stand up and tell the
president to give us his word on this law,” Mpuuga told Ntagali, who was
starting his tour of West Buganda diocese. “We are leaders in equal
measure but the president remains president.”
Mpuuga, who threw the challenge to other
religious leaders as well, spoke after Ntagali had assured Christians
that the church and other religions in Uganda would not relent in their
opposition to homosexuality.
Last year, Parliament passed the
Anti-Homosexuality Bill, and President Museveni was locally lauded and
internationally criticized for signing it into law. However, it was
annulled in August, court ruling that it had been passed by a House that
lacked quorum. Ntagali says it should be re-tabled in Parliament and
dully passed.
“When all religious leaders
congratulated Parliament for passing the law and President Museveni for
signing it, we were not wasting time; but we were rather serious and
meaning what we were talking about,” Ntagali said at Kijjabwemi Church
of Uganda in Masaka municipality.
The archbishop said the church did not hate homosexuals, only wanted to rescue them from ‘immorality’.
Church house
Ntagali also urged the Christians to support the Church house project on Kampala road, which he said was nearing completion.
“But we all must own it by buying shares
at a cost of Shs 100,000 each in order to gain from its profits,” he
said, adding that Mityana diocese had already contributed Shs 15m while
Mbale donated Shs 16m towards the project.
A hastily-arranged fundraiser for the
project realised Shs 9m in cash and pledges, adding to the Shs 5m
earlier collected from Lyantonde. Ntagali, flanked by West Buganda
Bishop Godfrey Makumbi, wedded seven couples and confirmed some 300
children.
Ntagali will tour several parishes and
projects in West Buganda diocese, ending at Kako cathedral in Mukungwe
sub-county on October 30.
MUST READ:
Go Slow Gay Bill: Museveni warns MPs: Pentecostal Pastors want MPs to vote by roll call
http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2014/08/go-slow-gay-bill-museveni-warns-mps.html
