Melanie Nathan | Oblogdeeoblogda | May 2013.

Uganda Minister of Ethics and Integrity, Fr. Simon Lokodo

In the context of Stephen Fry, asking Ugandan Minister of Ethics and Integrity, Fr. Simon Lokodo, in a recorded interview, why Ugandans were more concerned with what gays did in the privacy of their homes rather than with the high incidence of men raping girls, Lokodo responded:

“Ah, But it is the RIGHT kind of rape. It is men raping girls and that is natural.”

As it happens Simon Lokodo has previously declared his own celibacy. The man is suspect and I have often wondered if he himself is gay and his fervent anti-gay persecution of fellow Ugandans has always been suspicious.

Lokodo is currently being sued by LGBTI acitivsts for ordering the unlawful raids and closures on seminars and workshops which he believed were LGBTI related. There is no law in Uganda at this time making it unlawful to hold a meeting about LGBT related issues. The new Anti-Homosexuality Bill, currently before the Ugandan Parliament, seeks to outlaw the so-called ill-defined notion of the “promotion of homosexuality.”

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