Wednesday, August 22, 2007

 

Daily Douchebag: Interfaith Rainbow Coalition Against Homosexuality


Name: Interfaith Rainbow Coalition Against Homosexuality

DOB: N/A

Occupation: gay bashers

Hometown: Kampala, Uganda

Current residence: Kampala, Uganda; Jinja, Uganda

Douchebaggery: BigBagel, who probably is the only person I know that spends all day reading BBC Africa, sent me the following e-mail yesterday:

From: BigBagel (bigbagel@pulitzerprizewinningdirrtydirrtynewspaper.com)
To: Razzy (razzy@razzy.org)
Subject: daily douchebag nominee

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6957336.stm

Africa, like almost all of the Arab world and many parts of Asia and South America, is rampantly homophobic to the point where they deny homosexuality's existence. Their arguments often remind me of White Southerners circa 1955: "We ain' had no problums wit ower negras till theym nawthuhnuhs cayme dowun harr sturrin up truba."

From the BBC story: Pastor Sempa told the BBC's Focus on Africa that homosexuals were using the (Commonwealth) summit to try and "shame, force, coerce, intimidate Uganda into changing our laws". (Which jail homosexuals for life for being gay.) "We are telling them that Africans find homosexuality reprehensible. Leave us alone."

They put American Baptists to shame with their hateful anti-gay rhetoric. However, they can also be spectacularly moronic, and this was apparently on full display when a Ugandan anti-gay group chose to name themselves the "Interfaith Rainbow Coalition Against Homosexuality." Dude, does that name sound gay or what? It almost sounds like a Log Cabin Republican subsect. Obviously they are dutifully ignorant of the international symbol for homosexual shops and stores. Perhaps IRCAH should stand for "I Really Can't Admit (to my) Homosexuality."

In Togo, (in know, LL Cool Jew, another frickin' Togo story) some high school boys would take themselves out to the fields during recess and butt-fuck each other so they could "learn" the libidinous arts. Teachers didn't think twice when they caught them doing it. Village men held hands, caressed each other, even offered occasional playful pecks, which was far more affection than they ever showed women. I'll never forget the first time I gained some trust, and this burly farmer grabbed me by the hand and softly stroked my arm with his calloused hands while leading me through the market one day. It totally freaked me out until I realized it made me "down" with other burly farmers. Yet the one time I ever heard of a Togolese admitting to gay-ness, he was beaten to death by an angry mob. Or, at least, that was the rumor.

I did think it was absolutely hilarious that a rabid anti-gay group decided to name itself anything involving "Rainbow," although it would have been really amusing if they'd called themselves the "Interfaith Rainbow Pride Coalition" or something even more homoriffic. As an added irony bonus, this Pastor Sempa character who runs IRCAH is a well-known AIDS activist. Here in the States, I usually assume that AIDS activists are generally cool with the queers, but that just goes to show that, along with typically pro-gay symbols like rainbows, it's Opposite Day in Uganda. Pastor Sempa's solution to the AIDS epidemic devastating Africa is abstinence and monogamy. He has fought hard against distribution of condoms, stating "We don't need more condoms from Bill and Melinda, but more hope and fidelity in marriage." I've never understood this "we don't want your condoms" attitude. Benedixteen and Bush promote this all the time. It might be a fine and noble idea to encourage people to find one partner and not fool around on them, but that's not the reality of the situation for many people. In Africa, many poor women have no other option for feeding themselves or their families except through prostitution, and you bet your ass that those ladies aren't being promiscuous because it's fun. Seemingly, the narrow-minded, irrational attitude about condoms Pastor Sempa promotes extends to the entire gay community. Demanding that the police in Uganda enforce their laws by holding a gay witchhunt and imprisoning the homos for life (per the current Ugandan penal code) is yet another appalling solution that Pastor Sempa--while embracing Christ as his compassionate savior, no doubt--has cooked up to stem the tide of AIDS in Uganda.

Then again, Pastor Sempa obviously has an audience who is receptive to his message. Last year, the Red Pepper, Uganda's answer to the New York Post, ran the following pieces:

With shit like that in one's morning paper, it's hard to imagine Sempa had much trouble persuading a great portion of the populace to join his anti-gay protest when they eagerly read that "police is now hunting for (gay guy) like a gold coin" because homosexuality "doesn't conform to the natural way in which human beings should live." It's also easy to galvanize the homo haters of Uganda (and given that it's national policy to imprison gays for life, presumably there are a lot) by stating that the same-sex loving folks there "are on the verge of overthrowing the straight sex generation."

However, gay Ugandans everywhere should rejoice that IRCAH has such a faggotronic name. At their next pro-gay rally (at which they all wear masks, for fear of being recognized and jailed), they should all wear rainbow colors and pride ring necklaces to really hammer home the point that Pastor Martin Sempa is a total fucking dumbass.

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# posted by Razzy @ 7:09 AM
Comments:
Perhaps more appalling is the article's horrible phrasing and cliched similes which appear to betray the complete lack of any writing talent in that region. Christ, I could write for a newsrag there.
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : 8/24/2007 12:50 PM
 
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