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Ugandans Protest SA Gay
Marriages
22 Nov 2006- Kampala- Civil
society organisations in Uganda have protested the legalisation of same
sex marriages in South Africa (SA).
The chairperson of the Political
Parties platform, Emmanuel Tumusiime, yesterday said the move would
create a cultural and economic clash on the continent.
Tumusiime, Pastor Martin Sempa, and
the People's Development Party chief, Abed Bwanika, braved the morning
downpour and went to the South African High commission offices at
Nakasero to present their protest.
Meeting the First Secretary for
Political Affairs, Adriaan Du Pisanie, Tumusiime, the president of the
Forum for Integrity in Leadership, said, "We feel betrayed by the SA
government. Homosexuality is evil and against humanity. It is sad that
they have decided to pay Africa back in that form after helping them out
during apartheid."
He asked Pisanie to deliver the
petition to SA President Thabo Mbeki, the speaker of the South African
parliament, the speaker of the African parliament and the Secretary
General of the african National congress.
Sempa said, "If no action is taken,
we shall organise a cultural and economic embargo against South Africa."
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