The Archbishop of Canterbury is on a collision course with Anglican leaders in Africa as he sets off on a five-day trip to the continent while denouncing new laws persecuting gay people.
The Most Rev Justin Welby and the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, issued
a joint letter to the heads of Anglican churches around the world urging
them to “demonstrate the love of Christ” to same-sex couples.
It comes just days after the Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan – with the
approval of many Christians – signed
harsh new laws making homosexual acts offences punishable with 14 years in
prison and with 10 years even for public displays of affection.
The Ugandan parliament also
recently passed new laws increasing the punishment for gay sex and
making speaking about homosexuality without condemning it an imprisonable
offence.
President Yoweri Museveni has so far refused to sign the bill into law.
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