Tsvangirai must get Christian rebirth

During the Sunday Easter night, I visited different churches in the city.

As a United Methodist follower and a strong Christian, I decided to get a feel of what was happening in other churches during this night and wow, the Holy Spirit was indeed present in all the churches.

The common message preached in all the sermons that I managed to listen to stressed the need for re-defining oneself and emphasising that as Jesus resurrects, let us all resurrect from the graves of our sins. Simply put, the pastors emphasised on people changing from being evil doers to God lovers.

However, emphasis was also on mental and psychological rebirth. "Negative attitudes, pessimism, frustration is a thing of the past," said one of my pastors, adding, "This is the time to define ourselves and claim our identity as Christians." While my pastor simply meant to encourage the congregation to be pure and claim the status of perfect sons and daughters of God who will not be mistaken for satanists, I felt there is also one politician who also needs that re-birth so he can be able to distinguish between Zimbabwe and Britain, a Christian country like Zimbabwe and a shameful harbour of demons like America.

The person is Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai who has for so many times called for Zimbabwe to honour gay rights. How do you feel about such an opinion from one of our leaders, as a Christian who has just celebrated the sacrificial death of Jesus and his resurrection ?

Indeed, some months ago, I found myself being disturbed by the filthy utterances by one of the leading men who at one point was mistakenly thought to be the hope of Zimbabwe. What do you really expect from a man, yes with a prestigious title in the political organogram of the country but being a man who struggles to distinguish what is morally right and wrong? Definitely that man will plunge the fortunes gained by Zimbabwe since independence into total misery and regret. Well let me get straight to the point, although in your personal capacity and ideology, Mr Prime Minister, for you to fail to shame homosexuality, worse in front of a multinational media house is unfortunate.

Lest someone missed the earth-shattering revelations from the Prime Minister Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, don't worry I am there for you. Dear patriotic Zimbabwean, I am sorry to tell you that a leader whom we perhaps blindly entrusted into office had the audacity to humiliate himself and the entire country by telling the BBC in an interview that homosexuality "is a human right" only some months ago. Imagine! The thought of what Mr Tsvangirai said just struck me during this Easter time and I was just asking myself what exactly was he thinking?

He is one of the main political leaders in the country, and take note of the possible effects. To the whole world it would seem as if the Zimbabwean populace shares Mr Tsvangirai's cursed thoughts. And I mean including you my fellow Christian sister or brother who just celebrated Easter some days ago. However, the actuality of the whole story is that Zimbabweans are educated citizens, true Christians who will never be tempted to tolerate what the bible itself categorically rejects.

Homosexuality is a romantic and or sexual attraction or behaviour between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality refers to "an enduring pattern of or disposition to experience sexual, affectional, or romantic attractions" primarily or exclusively to people of the same sex. It also refers to an individual's sense of personal and social identity based on those attractions, behaviours expressing them, and membership in a community of others who share them.

Tough luck to you Mr Tsvangirai. Zimbabweans don't share with you such odorous beliefs. I was of the opinion that Mr Tsvangirai would follow the illustrious example of the iconic and Godly thinking of President Robert Mugabe who has never backed down on his unwavering blasting of the demons called homosexuals describing them "as worse than pigs."

However, that they are worse than pigs might be actually too lenient a description given that the master book that defines the orthodox way of living expected from mankind has not been kind at all to these animals called homosexuals. This is the reason why without hesitation, God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. But here don't forget, we are talking of animals that Prime Minister Tsvangirai celebrates and I am sure he would love very much to dine with them. Why not, if he has the temerity to say it loud to BBC and for sure without shame. Shame on you Mr Prime Minister!

In the Bible, Apostle Paul declares in Corinthians 6:9 that "Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor the adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders". If the bible openly tells us what is right and wrong, who then is Mr Prime Minister to spoil the image of the country by placing us in the shell of those evil doers. This Easter holiday called us all to be born again, and have new Christian-oriented philosophies and ideologies. I hope we are in the same ship now with dear Prime Minister, isn't?

We are of course in the constitution-making process and it is perhaps ethically not right for anyone to declare what the results will be regarding gay rights. From my personal opinion and what I hear from the society that I live in, and what the church I go to believes, the chances that homosexuals will have a place in Zimbabwe are just between none and slim. We will wait and see.

Zimbabweans have their own distinct and beautiful culture that we cannot afford to distort by accepting what we know is an anti-Zimbabwean culture.

For what? To please our lost Prime Minister? We were born again at Easter and I don't think such corrupt thoughts will ever find shelter in our brains. Well, those who feel like their rights are being infringed upon, may I freely tell them that all our border posts are open; they can leave us and go! If the Prime Minister wants to join the exodus, then let it be, life goes on, especially without the dirty homosexuals.

In defence to his personified immorality, Prime Minister said those were his own personal feelings and not Zimbabwe's. This is outrageous. Prime Minister wants to force us to believe that when he was talking to the racist BBC he was not conscious that he is still the Prime Minister of a country that is between the mighty Zambezi and Limpopo rivers? Even kids will not buy this. Yes his views are not of Zimbabweans but he is a face of Zimbabwe, thanks to his position as the Prime Minister that he was called for the interview.

Mr Tsvangirai added, "This debate of gays is a divergent tactic when we are supposed to be debating whether the people have food and jobs. I think that we are diverting from serious issues that we must be debating rather than focus on these matters." Can someone out there please ask Mr Tsvangirai why then did he himself prioritised talking about his dire wish to have the rights of gays respected when there are multitudes of issues that are worth to be discussed with the BBC itself as the mouthpiece of the violent British Government. For example the issue to do with sanctions imposed on the country.

Progressive Zimbabweans would really be happy if our Prime Minister learns what to say in public, especially when he is talking to international media. We will not be happy to see our colourful Zimbabwe being ruined by the directionless utterances of one man who needs re-birth himself and no doubt moral and spiritual teaching. What we would respect is the peaceful nature of Zimbabwe that has been characteristic of the nation. We would not love to deal with gays the Ugandan way (where it is punishable by death). Rather it should be public knowledge that homosexuality has no space in the land of Mbuya Nehanda, period!

Hallelujah my fellow Christians!

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The writer is final year Bachelor of Science Honours Degree student in Journalism and Media Studies at National University of Science and Technology.