END TIME: Archbishop Desmond Tutu Launches The World’s First Gay Political Party

ARCHBISHOP
Desmond
Tutu has
surprised
South
Africans by
announcing
the
formation
of a gay
political
party called
the
Democratic
Religious
Alliance
Against
Minority
Antagonism (DRAAMA), which will take part in a
general election later this year.
Last year Tutu outraged Christians when he
declared: "I would refuse to go to a homophobic
heaven…No, I would say sorry, I mean I would much
rather go to hell…I would not worship a God who is
homophobic and that is how deeply I feel about
this."
The Nobel Peace Prize laureate and South African
archbishop emeritus added that he does not
believe religion provides justification for
homophobia.
His passion on the issue has led him to form the
world's first gay political party to address an issue
which he feels president Jacob Zuma "tiptoes"
around.
The first and last time we ever heard president
Jacob Zuma addressing issues around anti-
homophobia was when he had to make a public
apology regarding a damaging statement he made
about this minority group.
In a media statement released on Wednesday,
DRAAMA said it is set to be at the forefront of
minority human-rights issues the current ruling
party has dragged its feet in addressing.
According to this report: "With gay socialite and
choreographer Somizi Mhlongo being poached as
the party's spin doctor, South Africans should brace
themselves for a lot of DRAAMA!!!"
Said Mhlongo: "I was pleasantly surprised upon
receiving a call from the honourable Archbishop
Desmond Tutu informing me of his intentions and
his request for my involvement."
Before his election as South African President Jacob
Zuma was forced to apologise after offending the
gay community.
He was quoted as saying that same-sex marriages
were: "A disgrace to the nation and to God."
He also said that when he was a young man, he
would have knocked down any homosexual person
he met.
He later retracted his words and explained: "My
remarks were made in the context of the traditional
way of raising children … I said the communal
upbringing of children in the past was able to assist
parents to notice children with a different social
orientation. I however did not intend to have this
interpreted as a condemnation of gays and
lesbians."
He also said he respected: "The sterling
contribution of many gay and lesbian compatriots
in the struggle that brought about our freedom."
Across the border Mugabe has condemned South
Africa for their stance on gay rights, claiming that
they should not be upheld as they are not human
rights. He said: "Gays and lesbians are worse than
pigs and dogs. We cannot allow our children to be
worse than wild animals."

Sent From David Aniemeka