Comments on: Martin Ssempa (the “Eat Da Poo-poo” Pastor), Five Others Convicted by Ugandan Court Over False Sodomy Charges

By: Regan DuCasse

Regan DuCasse — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:48:23 +0000

Thanks F Young, beautifully articulated.

By: MattNYC

MattNYC — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:44:26 +0000

Jerry, I did not recall that Swaggart was done in by a rival. It’s funny, I was actually going to mention him as a specific example of someone who made his own bed.

By: Jerry Sloan

Jerry Sloan — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 06:03:24 +0000

Matt, don’t you remember in 1989 it was rivalry between Jimmy Swaggart and a New Orleans pastor that led to the NO pastor revealing Jimmy’s passion for masturbating prostitutes and his famous “I have sinned” televison confession.

A couple of years later Jimmy was caught in Southern CA with a prostitute in his car – he was just giving her a lift.

Ole Jimmy is doing OK these days as he now has his own satellite channel (344 on Directv) and 80+ radio stations. His son Donnie and grandson Gabriel are heirs to the family business.

By: MattNYC

MattNYC — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 03:29:23 +0000

Feel the LOVE that is Ugandan organized religion.

I can’t recall any incidents in the U.S. where preachers “knee-capped” “rivals” — what does that mean anyway? Most of them are upended by their own behavior. But if Falwell had not been a heart attack waiting to happen, it would have been fun to hear accusations against Uncle Pat for offing him.

These guys (and gal) are no better than mafiosi protecting their “turf.”

So, yeah, I want to hear moralizing from corrupt thugs like these…

By: Timothy Kincaid

Timothy Kincaid — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 01:19:08 +0000

Excellent point F Young. Once hate is an acceptable weapon, anyone can be its target.

By: F Young

F Young — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 00:30:46 +0000

@Regan DuCasse
“I bet now he wishes that homosexuality wasn’t a crime, or a weapon of defamation of gay people.”

However, in this case, the judgement is premised on the view that he was using defamation as a weapon against a NON-gay person.

This case is a useful reminder that heterosexuals too are victims of anti-gay laws and persecution.

False accusations of homosexuality have been used to persecute and destroy apparently heterosexual political opponents in Malaysia and at least one African country.

A good deal of the people bullied in school are straights perceived to be gay.

By: Regan DuCasse

Regan DuCasse — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:11:14 +0000

…or, maybe he doesn’t. The anti gay don’t seem smart enough to think about it in such terms.

By: Regan DuCasse

Regan DuCasse — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:10:20 +0000

I bet now he wishes that homosexuality wasn’t a crime, or a weapon of defamation of gay people.
If it wasn’t, and gay people accepted routinely, he wouldn’t be in trouble at all.

This is why you kinda want to look at such virulently anti gay people and go
DUH!

By: F Young

F Young — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:32:39 +0000

Awesome!

What with Ssempa being convicted, California’s law banning ex-gay treatments for minors and the British psychotherapists policy also banning such treatments, its turning out to be bad week for the Forces of Darkness.

Too bad about Serbia’s cancellation of its gay pride due to threats of violence, though.