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17th Nov; 2006
PRESS BRIEF
PROTEST NOTE
SOUTH AFRICAN PARLIAMENT’S CIVIL UNION BILL, 2006
Following the passage of the Civil Union Bill by the South African Parliament, effectively legalizing same sex marriages, we the Political Parties and Organisations under TPP, for the public record, hereby, state as follows:
- That while all human beings regardless of their colour, race, gender or creed are, and should be seen to be, indeed equal before the law as is the pretext of the Civil Union Bill, all human behaviour and tendencies are not and cannot be equal in natural law;
2. that, in fact, homosexual behavoiur is self-evident immoral and a perversion of the law of nature and a blight on the social conscience of any society;
- that, as such, the legalization of homosexual practice, unprecedented in the social history of Africa is not a neutral act, but is in itself an act of desecration of the social conscience of the people of Africa and an abdication of social responsibility towards Africa’s youth and future generations of Africans;
- that in fact to give official license to homosexual practice is to give tacit approval and endorsement to such activity and to encourage particularly the impressionable youth of Africa top adopt such behaviour;
- that the vast majority of Africans, silent though they may be, are not in support of homosexual practice and have the desire and right to live in a society protected against such errant behaviour;
- that, this is a dangerous political precedent for African people all over the continent;
The biggest Africa’s challenge since the time of slavery, colonization and economic collapse has been the leadership challenge which keeps embracing every evil from outside the continent.
We, therefore, call upon all African governments and the African Union Parliament to urgently, unequivocally and in the strongest terms possible, condemn the decision of the South African Parliament and to bring pressure to bear on the South African government to correct this anomaly for the good of African society and particularly the vulnerable youth of Africa.
We call upon all conscientious and responsible Africans and Civil Society groups in Africa, who constitute a silent majority, to stand up to be counted by demonstrating against this blight on our social conscience.
Lastly, we call upon the South African Parliament to revisit their decision in light of these facts.
Signed:
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EMMANUEL TUMUSIIME
CHAIRMAN – THE PARTIES PLATFORM (TPP)
PRESIDENT - FORUM FOR INTEGRITY IN LEADERSHIP (FIL)
