The leader of the Ugandans for Truth About Homosexuality Pastor’s Task Force Against Homosexuality, Martin Ssempa decided to take his pornography show to church, according to the BBC.
A Ugandan clergyman’s decision to show gay pornography to his congregation has been labelled as “twisted, homophobic propaganda” by a gay rights groups.
Behind the Mask told the BBC the stunt, by anti-gay Pastor Martin Ssempa, equated homosexuality to paedophilia.
The pastor showed the pornography in an attempt to gain support for a proposed law which would see some gay people facing the death penalty.
Earlier this week, I reported the reactions of some Pacific Lutheran University students who were in a similar presentation last month in Kampala. The students were not impressed and the presentation did not encourage them to favor harsh punishments for homosexual behavior.
Ssempa has divided his American supporters over his methods and views. Rick Warren and WAIT Training have severed ties with Ssempa. However, he represents Oral Roberts University in Uganda and is financially supported by Canyon Ridge Christian Church (Las Vegas).
UPDATE:
Next he wants to take the show to the Parliament.
The photos above were provided anonymously by someone who attended one of the presentations over the past few weeks. I have more but I am unsure whether to post them. Suffice to say they are troubling but not in the way Pastor Ssempa hopes. This is leather S&M which of course is unrepresentative of the population he hopes to demonize.
In this article:
http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/847852/-/wheb2s/-/index.html
Read what he had to say about his own kids (minors) attending the presentation shown in the photos above:
“The cleric, who let his two young sons attend the press conference, said the boys were free to make their own statements against homosexuality. ‘They represent those we need to protect… We are giving a red card to sodomy’.”
@Steve:
lol …it’s that unbelievable, but unfortunately it’s true. the photo confirms exactly what was described in several other eye witness’ detailed accounts of Ssempa’s porn presentations… as well as Ssempa’s televised account of the scat porn he’s been watching and trying to get people to believe is “what homosexuals do”:
http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2010/01/25/19830
in the youtube video above, he describes this exact porn image as shown on his laptop in that photo, and uses wild gestures that accurately immitate the scat porn as shown in the photo of his presentation.
the fact that he describes scat porn so graphically on national television without warning viewers of adult content, means that Ssempa exposed the many minors watching his televised show to (extremely graphic descriptions of) scat porn… something he’s been trying to deny after early reports of him attempting to justify showing porn in the presence of his kids at one of his porn presentations.
The pictures look phony to me. The guy could be gesturing about anything, and the laptop just photoshopped in.
Dr Throckmorton,
I think the images are highly material to your line of argument, so please keep them. They illustrate very clearly what a sad place a church can become. (Not that this is specially new, but it is educational nonetheless).
I’m actively lobbying for two measures:
1) political pressure on African homophobic governments,
2) freeze of international aid till the reversal of the announced measures.
Thanks again,
A brand-new MacBook Pro. In Uganda, where per-capita income is a few hundred bucks.
The Pastor must make pretty good money spreading hate. He probably drives a flashy car, too.
It’s no better in Kenya.
It’s getting bad now.
Hysteria.
What does “take care of the issue themselves” mean?
Pogrom.
The guy covering his face in the picture is a now retired veteran education ministry administrator for primary education, Mr.Fagil Mandy. A previous screening brought a lady MP to tears and some to head to their cars. So, seems to me he’s indirectly reducing his stock with each screening.. But the “good” pastor is a persistent one!
I hope the guy in the picture is covering he face because he is ashamed of the man showing the dirty pictures.
Yes, please delete. I find the pics of Ssempa very disturbing.
Dr. Throckmorton,
YES – that is the group – thanks for the correction – Collective Soul 🙂
@ Warren,
If this is pornography (I agree)…
What about “Fistgate” here in the US?
Ann: I think you mean Collective Soul…
I would prefer videos of Switchfoot in a natural outside environment with their untucked Burberry shirts.
Ssempa shows Gay S & M porn to church as example of normal Gay sexual behavior (headline).
i find those photos very disturbing, BUT…
nothing beats hard evidence.
please dont delete the photos.
To be fair he should add in the porn that was produced by that Grove City College senior.
I wonder how many websites Ssempa has had to subscribe to. And while he is at it, if anyone else in Uganda had gone on this sort of ‘educational diatribe’ I am sure that the Ugandan thought police would have arrested them for showing porn. So why does a preacher get a free pass?
Such visuals are entirely unnecesary. I feel the same about the pictures of twisted, aborted fetuses.
It is so sad that his kind of action actually works for some people. Otherwise it would not continued to be used by others. Sad – really. Sad.
That’s pretty desperate. Besides, doesn’t Peter LaBarbera have some sort of patent on this? Talk about prior art!
Ha!
Hall of shame material..
And, I am yet to see a leather bar in Uganda….
Of course, Ssempa might have!