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Ssempa: "Heterosexuals Do Not Eat Poop"


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ABC's Nightline correspondent Dan Harris traveled to Uganda for a segment on antigay attitudes and legislation in the country. He asked pastor Martin Ssempa, a virulently antigay voice, why he screens graphic gay pornography to promote his agenda among his congregation.

“Does all this fit in your mind with the spirit of Christianity, which is to help the oppressed?” asked Harris.

“Very much,” said Ssempa. “Very, very much. We need to know what are they doing in their bedroom. You cannot make comments out of ignorance. The problem is the absence of shock. You know, you look at something done. You’re not shocked.”

Harris pressed, “You can play porn between men and women and shock people too, but it’s not done very frequently.”

“Sure,” said Ssempa. “Anal activity. Anything having to do with eating of poop. Heterosexuals do not eat poop. The same way, if you have sex with a dog, sex with a cow, that’s evil.”
 
Watch the segment, part of Nightline's "Faith Matters" series, below.

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Reader Comments
  • Name: Like Itis
    Date posted: 3/12/2010 9:52:28 AM
    Hometown: Saddle River, NJ

    Comment:

    It just goes to show you what a little American education can do for someone. Not long ago Ssempa would have been frollicking naked in his village with a large bone proudly sticking through his nose. And now look at him…..wearing a colorful religious Dress and calling for gay people to be put to death. That's what I call progress.

  • Name: Jerry
    Date posted: 3/12/2010 1:52:54 AM
    Hometown: Washington DC

    Comment:

    Really? Then why do their breaths smell so bad?

  • Name: Dan in Florida
    Date posted: 3/11/2010 11:16:44 PM
    Hometown: Palm Harbor

    Comment:

    Speaking of poop - Bobby's trolling again!

  • Name: Bobby
    Date posted: 3/11/2010 8:20:25 PM
    Hometown: Miami

    Comment:

    Paschal, why do you care about the children? Those are just future homophobes. Uganda is a bad country that deserves to be punished.

  • Name: DOug
    Date posted: 3/11/2010 4:54:20 PM
    Hometown: massena, NY

    Comment:

    What a minute...I don't eat poop and my boyfriend doesn't eat poop. Oh NO...I must be straight. Damn it...I knew it. LOL...good lord..

  • Name: Oliver
    Date posted: 3/11/2010 4:09:00 PM
    Hometown: Chapel Hill

    Comment:

    Straight people don't eat poop? This guy has obviously never seen church of fudge!

  • Name: Randall Valentin
    Date posted: 3/11/2010 2:50:05 PM
    Hometown: Dallas

    Comment:

    Many gay people are angry and frightened by the outrageous, immoral actions of bigots and fanatics in the Middle East and Africa. Passionate, if not well articulated, venting is to be expected.

  • Name: Paschal
    Date posted: 3/11/2010 2:42:02 PM
    Hometown: Sligo, Ireland

    Comment:

    I hopepeople will remember that it wasn't so long ago that gays in the West were being treated like gays in Uganda before they ignorantly judge others. We should fight ignorance and hatred in all of its forms and it's clear that some people in this comment section are no better than Mr. Ssempa.

  • Name: Paschal
    Date posted: 3/11/2010 2:36:30 PM
    Hometown: Sligo, Ieland

    Comment:

    Bobby,I wouldn't advise punishing people in need for the actions of bigots. Would you really want people to die, etc. due to someone else's wrong action? I'm against people suffering through no fault of their own. Should little childre in Uganda, for example, be punidshed because of some craxy people in its parliament? Your suggestion is not only wrong, it's disgusting as well.

  • Name: Bobby
    Date posted: 3/11/2010 2:27:11 PM
    Hometown: Miami

    Comment:

    Uganda is a disgusting filthy country with an inferior culture. I used to feel sorry for them, specially after watching "The King of Scotland" and seeing the horrible things Idi Amin did to them. But those bastards have apparently not learned from history. I think all donations to organizations like Doctors without Borders and others should be suspended until we get a guarantee that no foreign aid goes to Uganda.

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