On homosexuality: Uganda's religious leaders
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Why should we want to kill homosexuals for doing something in private that affects no one else? Our job is to love them, to bring them close and show them God's love." Reverend Fred Komunda, St. Peter's Church, Church of Uganda
"Homosexuality is abnormal, and we have to do anything we can to stop it. These people need to repent, need to feel guilty, need to feel that they have sinned." Imam Sheikh Ahmed Lubega, Kololo Jamia Mosque
By Daisy Carrington, for CNN
updated 5:24 AM EDT, Thu October 16, 2014
(CNN) -- It all started with David Kato, the Ugandan gay-rights activist who was bludgeoned to death in his home in 2011. That's what first drew award-winning photojournalist Daniella Zalcman to Kampala to meet the country's few but fearless gay-rights activists.
Two years later, Ugandan tabloid Rolling Stone (no connection to the music magazine) published names, addresses and photographs of 100 alleged homosexuals under the banner "Hang Them" (Kato was among those named).
"I reached out to the activism community, which was smaller than it is now -- and it's not exactly large," recalls Zalcman, whose ongoing reporting in Uganda has been supported by a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. On that first trip, she took a series of portraits of Uganda's LGBT activists called "Double Lives," part of a larger series called "Kuchus in Uganda."
"I was surprised that they agreed to meet me. I can't understand the amount of bravery required for them to do that."
"Religious leaders are here to shape the world. Everyone listens to them, everyone looks up to them. And we need to listen to all of our people, not just the ones we think are most righteous." Rachman Nagwere, Kampala Jewish Synagogue
"Today you say you hate gay people, tomorrow God will give you a gay son. And what will you do then? Hate him? You have to work with people who have different beliefs." <!-- --> </br>Hassan Kimbugwe, Kabalagala Islamic Center Kassam Mosque
http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/16/world/africa/on-homosexuality-ugandas-religious-leaders/