Canadian religious charity - funding cut re Uganda
Interesting news. The Canadian gov has suspended all payments to the Christian charity, Crossroads Christian Communications, pending an official review of it. The website of the organisation included gay sex in a list of sex acts labelled as "perversion". Alongside paedophilia and bestiality. And where exactly is this place that the organisation is working? None other than Uganda.
The minister responsible for the Canadian International Development Agency which has been giving funding to an evangelical organization that describes homosexuality as a "perversion" and a "sin," said Sunday no further payments will be made until officials review the organization. "I have asked officials to review this organization before further payments are made," tweeted Julian Fantino, International Cooperation Minister. The group was receiving funding from the government of Canada for its work in Uganda, where gays and lesbians face severe threats. The federal government has denounced virulent homophobia in that East African country and Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird has condemned plans for an anti-gay bill that could potentially include the death penalty for homosexuals. Nevertheless, the federal government has been providing $544,813 in funding for Crossroads Christian Communications — an Ontario-based evangelical group that produces television programming — to help dig wells, build latrines and promote hygiene awareness in Uganda through 2014. more
Given that Uganda is debating whether to kill gays or lock them up, it's obvious to me that Crossroads Christian Communications would be contributing to the gay hatred and persecution in Uganda. Especially when they put shit like this on their official website:
Until Tuesday, the organization's website carried a list of "sexual sins" deemed to be "perversion": "Turning from the true and/or proper purpose of sexual intercourse; misusing or abusing it, such as in pedophilia, homosexuality and lesbianism, sadism, masochism, transvestism, and bestiality." Lower down the page, the group asks sinners to "repent."
"God cares too much for you (and all of His children) to leave such tampering and spiritual abuse unpunished," according to the group's website. more
Perhaps more govs worldwide could follow Canada's example in this. Why should gov money be used to fund any organisation that persecutes a minority? Here they discuss, 10 minute video.
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