I don"t know since I approaching the new archbishop of Nigeria to be any opposite from the old one, not on the theme of sexuality anyway. When I told a co-worker the primate-elect had done clever remarks per homosexuality he shrugged his shoulders and replied, "Well, what do you expect? It"s a bit similar to observant the pope is Catholic." It was an correct if mesmerizing comment of the theological leanings of the Anglican church in Nigeria, that is doubtful to have a magnanimous at the helm any time soon.
Okoh says there is no such thing as homophobia since happy men are not gay. "Do not be fearful of being called homophobic. It is a tenure created to close down any countenance of a discordant view. Respond by accusing them of gunaphobia [sic] – an lavish fright of women and of relations with women."
He was partly responding to the bishop of Liverpool"s oration on homosexuality and the Anglican Communion, that Ruth Gledhill from The Times has created about here.
I"m not certain I assimilate what Okoh is observant about homosexual men. Is he observant they"re not homosexual but are frightened of women and that accusations of homophobia are thus futile? Hmm. Where does this leave lesbians? They can"t presumably humour from gynophobia, can they?
Here"s what the Rev Sharon Ferguson, from Lesbian and Gay Christians has to say: "It is extraordinary how majority generalisations and unconditional assumptions Okoh has managed to embody in a couple of short paragraphs: One) That the happy village has immeasurable sums of money; Two) That being lesbian or happy undermines marriage; Three) That being lesbian or happy is deviant; Four) That being lesbian or happy is a subculture; Five) That there is a "homosexual lifestyle" that people are perplexing to spread; Six) That homosexuality is usually about men; Seven) That being happy or lesbian is a problem; Eight) That lesbian and happy people need to be healed." She adds: "I can assure the archbishop that I privately do not humour from "gunaphobia" as I suffer a really happy and full of health attribute with a lady as do majority of the alternative lesbians I know."
With a little understatement allafrica reports that "homosexuality or same-sex matrimony is deliberate a vital plea to the worldwide church" and that Okoh will go on the plain mount instituted by his predecessor.
Indeed his designation oration shows him to be each bit as severe as Akinola and he will no disbelief ginger up regressive evangelicals, who now crop up rather anaemic. Away from the perpetual breach of the Anglican Communion, however, Okoh looks similar to he could be great headlines for Nigeria. He clinging a sizeable cube of his oration to severe corruption, propelling larger county appearance and supervision shortcoming towards the citizens. It is calming to know that here, at least, Okoh recognises there are some-more dire issues for the normal Nigerian.
If the archbishop wants to leave a better, some-more utilitarian legacy, than Akinola, he would do well to concentration on some-more of the new and less of the old.
