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Related: About this forumKenya catholic church critcises Obama's gay stance
http://www.tvcnews.tv/?q=article/kenya-catholic-church-critcises-obamas-gay-stanceTVC NEWS, NAIROBI - The catholic church in Kenya has criticised U.S. President Barack Obama's call for legalisation of same-sex union in Africa.
"Let him (Obama) forget... I don't think God was making a mistake when he created Adam and Eve and told them what to do," Archbishop of Nairobi, Cardinal Njue told a local newspaper.
Cardinal Njue said Kenyans should respect their identity and cultural norms, adding that they dont need lessons from a "ruined" society.
"We must be proud of who we are. Those who have already ruined their society cannot come here to teach us what we should do," he was quoted as saying by Daily Nation.... MORE
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Kenya catholic church critcises Obama's gay stance (Original Post)
theHandpuppet
May 2014
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GeorgeGist
(25,323 posts)1. If I was satan ...
I'd create religion.
Fearless
(18,421 posts)2. If I was satan...
Oh wait, "if", silly me.
Fearless
(18,421 posts)3. So love thy neighbor...
Just not thy same-sex neighbor...
Must've missed the footnote.
theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)4. Just follow these simple rules and you, too, may find enlightenment
Rule 1: No sex. Ever.
Other rules: after #1, does it matter?
A map for your road to enlightenment may be found here: http://www.couragerc.net/
Fearless
(18,421 posts)5. Umm...
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)6. Never, have I been so fed up with fucken religion as now. Religion today is
filled with more wackos than usual.
uriel1972
(4,261 posts)7. I don't know...
Having read a bit of history, it seems its always had it's fair share of whackaloons.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)8. Yep, quite true. It is laced with some pretty strange groups, cults,
practices and belief systems throughout history. And huge profit centers of wealth. What always strikes me is how many people seemingly can't think for themselves, seemingly preferring to follow blindly dogmatic and pragmatic belief systems, but often falsified for the advantage of the upper echelon.