Mar 31, 2010
Anglican Archbishop Claims Gays Are Not Gay…They Just Fear Women
Just what Nigeria needs, another hate mongering christian leader who promotes putting Gays and Lesbians to death.
Anglican Archbishop Okoh of Nigeria has been trotting out the same anti-gay rhetoric his predecessor, Peter Akinola, was famous for.
I don’t know why I expected the new archbishop of Nigeria to be any different from the old one, not on the subject of sexuality anyway. When I told a colleague the primate-elect had made strong remarks regarding homosexuality he shrugged his shoulders and replied, “Well, what do you expect? It’s a bit like saying the pope is Catholic.” It was an accurate if glib assessment of the theological leanings of the Anglican church in Nigeria, which is unlikely to have a liberal at its helm any time soon.
Okoh says there is no such thing as homophobia because gay men are not gay. “Do not be afraid of being called homophobic. It is a term designed to close down any expression of a contrary view. Respond by accusing them of gynophobia – an inordinate fear of women and of relationships with women.”
He was partly responding to the bishop of Liverpool’s sermon on homosexuality and the Anglican Communion, which Ruth Gledhill from The Times has written about here.
I’m not sure I understand what Okoh is saying about homosexual men. Is he saying they’re not homosexual but are scared of women and that accusations of homophobia are therefore futile? Hmm. Where does this leave lesbians? They can’t possibly suffer from gynophobia, can they?
via The new archbishop’s old prejudice | Riazat Butt | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk.
Homosexuality and heterosexuality are both normal, natural and unchangeable sexual orientation. Every accredited psychological and medical organization in America agrees that sexual orientation is fixed at birth and unchangeable.
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