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Donald Trump on African Page

02 Feb 2017 at 14:14hrs | Views
In the book of Genesis 1 verse 27 it is said that God created Man in his own image male and female. He blessed them and God said into them be fruitful and multiply. The Bible advocates for union between male and female.

The union between a husband and a wife is a rightful thing that cut across all religions and cults be Christianity, Islamic or Traditionalists that it transcends as rightfully universal.

However with the colonization of Africa the west brought its own culture which included gay rights as it wanted to totally annihilate us. However the African culture resisted such devious acts. It saw many African Presidents in logger heads with the so called super power over gay rights that   President Robert Gabriel Mugabe at United Nations summit in 1995  said that "homosexuality is a filthy disease and Zimbabwe would ‘never never never" support homosexuality.

On every cloud there is a silver lining. Yes, Donald Trump within the hundred days  in office has already made headlines for the wrong reasons especially on immigrants but for once and the first time has respect for African  values and beliefs when he said ," Africa has its own values.

In our African culture we have Ubuntu in which we respect our values culture and norms. In African culture a male is supposed to marry a female and have a family .It's a taboo for one to be called a gay or lesbian.

Since his inauguration in 1980 President Robert Mugabe and  the government of Zimbabwe has never supported Lesbian, Gays, Bisexual and Transgender(LGBT) likewise few days after his inauguration Trump  has already said that he will not support gays and lesbians .These similarities has shown the other side of the coin of Trumps side that despite him conniving with his fellow Americans he  has respect for Africa values when he said  "I won't allow gays threatening African Leaders  to promote homosexuality…instead I will support  any African leader who fight homosexuality. Likewise the bible condemns homosexuality that Leviticus 18 versus 22 says, "you shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female it's an abomination."

In 38 African countries like Uganda, Cameroon, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Gambia, Malawi and Ghana it's a crime for one to be a LGBT that in some Islamic states its punishable by death. Its mainly condemned because it does not promote family values. Homosexuality cannot fulfill that mandate. Also, homosexuality undermines the basic family unit of husband and wife which is the God-ordained means of procreation. Again, homosexuality cannot do that. And, believe it or not, homosexuality is also dangerous to society.

President Robert Gabriel Mugabe had this to say "It degrades human dignity. It's unnatural, and there is no question ever of allowing these people to behave worse than dogs and pigs. If dogs and pigs do not do it, why must human beings? We have our own culture, and we must re-dedicate ourselves to our traditional values that make us human beings. … What we are being persuaded to accept is sub-animal behavior and we will never allow it here. If you see people parading themselves as Lesbians and Gays, arrest them and hand them over to the police!"

The President for the first time agrees with Donald Trump who had no kind words for his fellow Americans as he had to say "I won't accept gay groups threatening African leaders …Africa has its own values …"

Trumps view on LGBT clearly leaves the people like Peter Thatcher in quandary as they have no one to support them whilst they wanted to legalize unmoral acts. For once Trump agrees with African leaders that what is wrong is wrong and should be condemned. In his country people protested against his condemnation of LGBT and here in Africa we salute Trump.


Source - Herbert Marufu
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