Dmond Tutu's kdns remembered by 1st U.S. gay bishop

Contents:

• MPHO TUTU: CHOOSG BETWEEN THE CHURCH AND BEG GAY
• FREEDOM FIGHTER DMOND TUTU SAID HE’D RATHER BURN HELL THAN WORSHIP AN ANTI-GAY GOD
• DMOND TUTU NMNS UGANDA'S PROPOSED NEW ANTI-GAY LAW
• 1ST U.S. GAY BISHOP REMEMBERS TUTU’S GENEROSY AND KDNS
• DMOND TUTU'S DGHTER BARRED OM FUNERAL ROLE OVER GAY MARRIAGE

MPHO TUTU: CHOOSG BETWEEN THE CHURCH AND BEG GAY

In more recent years Tutu has bee known for his strong advocy on issu of sexualy, particular the rights of lbian and gay people. would rather go to hell than to a homophobic heaven. Tutu is by far the most high-profile Ain, if not global, relig lear to support lbian and gay rights.

In fact his mment to fendg gay and lbian rights isn’t a recent velopment; dat as far back as the 1970s. If the church, after the victory over apartheid, is lookg for a worthy moral csa, then this is : the fight agast homophobia and heterosexism. More than a later, Tutu ed very siar words to nounce homophobia and heterosexism.

He wrote that was “the ultimate blasphemy” to make lbian and gay people doubt whether they tly were children of God and whether their sexualy was part of how they were created by God.

FREEDOM FIGHTER DMOND TUTU SAID HE’D RATHER BURN HELL THAN WORSHIP AN ANTI-GAY GOD

Tutu’s equatn of black civil rights and lbian and gay rights is part of a broar South Ain narrative and dat back to the days of the apartheid stggle. Openly gay anti-apartheid activists, such as Simon Nkoli, had actively participated the liberatn movement, and had succsfully tertwed the stggl agast racism and homophobia. Arguably, the legal provisns did not tomatilly translate to a change of social attus towards lbian and gay people at a grassroots level.

Homophobia remas wispread South Ain society today. Tutu’s own church, the Anglin Church of Southern Ai, ntu to stggle wh gay issu.

DMOND TUTU NMNS UGANDA'S PROPOSED NEW ANTI-GAY LAW

The qutn of same-sex relatnships and the stat of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex people ntu to be ntroversial across the world. A passnate activist, he mpaigned for Black rights South Ai while lendg his voice to several ternatnal , cludg speakg out agast homophobia, the Israel-Palte nflict, and human rights issu war-torn Iraq. Dpe attractg cricism om relig officials due to his views on topics like homosexualy, Tutu was wily hailed as a ccial lear for relentlsly fightg apartheid South Ai spe facg a plethora of obstacl along the way.

1ST U.S. GAY BISHOP REMEMBERS TUTU’S GENEROSY AND KDNS

For stance, he was a strong supporter of gay rights and never hated to lend his support to the e. "I would refe to go to a homophobic heaven. "I would not worship a God who is homophobic and that is how eply I feel about this.

DMOND TUTU'S DGHTER BARRED OM FUNERAL ROLE OVER GAY MARRIAGE

In 2012, they attempted to prevent him om liverg a speech at Gonzaga Universy Spokane, Washgton, feelg that Dmond Tutu's views on homosexualy ntradict Catholic teachgs. '"The archbishop add: "God's dream is to embrace all of , an embrace we are not allowed to pe out of, cludg the gay, lbian, and so-lled straight. "I would not worship a God who is homophobic, " Tutu explaed durg the same mpaign, acrdg to The Washgton Bla.

'""I would not worship a God who is homophobic and that is how eply I feel about this, " Tutu add.

" Same-sex marriag are not regnised and when to gay clerics, the church is very clear - they mt rema source, Sumaya HishamImage ptn, Archbishop Dmond Tutu (left) joed the celebratns wh his wife at the party markg the marriage of their dghter, MphoMs Tutu van Furth feared that her marriage would mean losg her licence to practice as a prit. Dpe this, his views on homophobia have always been very clear.