Archbishop Anglican Church Uganda, Stephen Kazimba Mugalu rejects gay marriage
The new head of the Anglican Church in Uganda, Stephen Kazimba Mugalu, has spoken out against same-sex couples at his enthronement. The head of the Church of England and worldwide Anglican Christianity, Justin Welby, was there to support Kazimba as he was formally enthroned. And as the Archbishop of Uganda and Bishop of Kampala, Kazimba now has widespread influence. Around a third of the east African country’s citizens are members of the Church of Uganda. And the church is particularly influential in Uganda’s politics. Kazimba vowed the church will continue to insist marriage is between a man and woman and for procreation. He added they would not be ‘pressured’ into accepting immoral homosexual couples: ‘The trend in the Western world and some Anglican churches in those contexts are being pressured into doing this, including our mother Church of England. But for us in Uganda, as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. The Bible speak, and the culture speaks. But we s