The story of a young Ugandan gay couple

[ccharles000]

A proposed anti-gay law could make Uganda perhaps the most dangerous place for homosexuals and drive the gays of Uganda further underground. In a rare interview, the first of its kind with a newspaper journalist, a lesbian told Saturday Monitor’s Rodney Muhumuza why she is very scared.

The Sunday before last, Val Kalende listened quietly as her pastor’s sermon digressed into a soft tirade against homosexuals. “We may even have one in our midst,” the cleric told a congregation of about 50 born-again Christians.

If Ms Kalende did not know her pastor to be an honourable man, a father figure, his sudden anti-gay remarks would have left her shifting uncomfortably in her chair, wondering if those dreaded words were meant for her.

In the end, the woman who also serves as a minister, regularly taking her place on the worship team at her church of eight months, chose to let it go. It would not be her last time there.

Ms Kalende’s chosen place of worship is a small church somewhere in Zana, in Wakiso, not too far from her Namasuba house, past a stage for motorcyclists who have made it a habit to ask if she is a man or a woman.

http://www.monitor.co.ug/artman/publish/news/The_story_of_a_young_Ugandan_gay_couple11_95883.shtml

[WillParkinson]

1. An honourable man...?

Right. Sure. Whatever she needs to get her through the night.

[FreeState]

2. The comments on the bottom are eye opening for sure.

Ignorance abounds... even among those that disagree with the proposed law. No wonder the Born Agains went there - easy targets among the poor and uneducated.