Uganda: What Happens When a Woke Irresistible Force Meets a Conservative Immovable Object? By James Reed
The John Henry Westen show recently featured an interview with Honorable Ashems Songwe, member of the Malawian Parliament, Uganda. The Western liberals are pulling their hair out, what remains, because of Uganda’s law prohibiting same sex marriage. That is a complete no-no according to the present regime. But, as Songwe says, is that prohibition applied to Africa by former colonial powers, just a new insidious form of cultural colonialism? And, given the postmodern doctrine of cultural relativism that goes with the gender agenda, who says that the liberal West, over Black Africa is right here? It’s getting mighty close to racism here.
So, it is a pretty problem for the woke, when gender ideology conflicts so sharply with multicult ideology. They need to establish some sort of woke hierarchy so everyone will know where they stand. Who is top of the pops?
“Leaders in the West have decried and continue to decry Uganda’s law prohibiting same-sex “marriage.” Even so, more countries on the African continent seem to be interested in pursuing similar legislation.
Honorable Ashems Songwe, member of the Malawian Parliament, joins me on this episode of The John-Henry Westen Show to discuss the current state of anti-sodomy laws in Africa and how the continent is responding to the Western push for the LGBT agenda.
Uganda’s law set a “standard” for anti-sodomy legislation on the continent, Songwe tells me. “The decision taken by the Ugandan Parliament and eventually the signing into a law by the president, it should not be taken lightly,” Songwe insists, maintaining that the law has “serious implications” in the “eyes of the West.”
According to Songwe, the imposition of LGBT ideology on Africa is “nothing less than a neo-colonial decision.” He also notes the apparent hypocrisy on the part of the West for denouncing African nations making laws against sodomy while at the same time remaining silent on harsher laws in Muslim countries.
“They want to treat Africa as if, like, ‘You know what, we [are] going to force down your throat anything we want because you still depend on us for aid,’” he says. “And for the [Middle East], because they are economically independent, I guess they don’t have any leeway, they don’t have [any] advantage.”
Songwe, addressing the issue of LGBT legislation in Malawi specifically, notes that there is a current court case relating to a gender-confused man and foreign national. Songwe believes that the Malawian legislature and executive have yet to propose anything on the issue of same-sex “marriage” so as to not look like they are interfering in the affair, adding however that the legislature is watching the case “keenly.” But he also sees the court case as a means to “test the waters” on the part of foreign powers.
“Those who are advancing these … alien ideologies, they’re trying to use a back door,” Songwe maintains. “They’re trying… to force the hand of the court to legitimize [it] by saying, ‘Yes, it is acceptable,’ so that they can walk away with a case law.”
“I don’t have any better word to say, except to say this is a problem,” Songwe says about homosexuality. “The way to cure this problem is people must seek help. They need to be rehabilitated. They need to receive therapy… to help them with their mind, to help them with their lifestyle change, because… [homosexuality is] abnormal.”
Songwe further responds to accusations of hate and bigotry on the part of nations that desired laws like the one in Uganda, explaining that the practice of homosexuality is the thing hated, not the person practicing it, a distinction that he believes the pro-life movement should emphasize. It is because of this distinction, according to him, that “communities are saying, ‘Look here, we are ready to embrace you, to help to make sure you get the help so you can… stay normal.’”
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