1. The Demonization of
Homosexuality in
UgandaMoral Models and Master Metaphors
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZOH6b1C3dk&feature=relmfu

2. Homosexuality as evil
Church of Uganda (Anglican)
Evangelicals
The Government
•Scott Lively
•Rick Warren
•Lambeth Conference 1998
•Condemnation of LGBT individuals
•Episcopalian Split (ordination of women
and LGBT)
•Influence of the balokole movement
•MP David Bahati
•Ties to “C Street” (The Family)
•Anti-homosexuality Bill
•balokole

3. Moral “Models”
Politics/Government
Cultural/Anti-Colonial:
Homosexuality as “unAfrican”
Church of Uganda:
Hate the sin, not the sinner:
Homosexuality as incompatible
with the Scripture
Evangelical, charismatic churches
Hate the sin and the sinner:
Homosexuality is evil, as are homosexuals (though
can be born-again
“We have a lot of support for President
Obama…we know that he stood on the platform
of change, but clearly we know that
homosexuality is not the change that the world is
seeking but the evil that the world should
confront.”
- MP David Bahati

4. “BLOOD THIRSTY GENERALS in the evil
homosexuality world plotted the bloody
bombing of Kyadondo Rugby grounds and
Ethiopian Village Restaurant in Kampala
on July 11 [2010], this newspaper can
reveal.”
–The Rolling Stone
The Evil Homosexuality
World

5. Gwakanga misana – kakiro
tabulamu. (No matter how bright
the moon-light is, it will always
have a tint of night in it). It is not
wise to assume that a “good”
person cannot do anything bad.
The Baganda people believe that
since evil is embedded in
human nature, just as moonlight
is an integral part of the night, one
should always be cautious, even
when dealing with apparently
“good” people.
Master Metaphors

6. Questions
• Who has the authority to denounce another as evil?
• How do we know when the authority (cultural, social,
political, legal) has wrongly labeled someone/thing evil?
• How do different moral models interact in our conceptions of
evil? Is this framework helpful?
• How do the “Master Metaphors” most commonly used, e.g.
up/down, dark/light, inhibit or limit our analysis or
understanding of evil?
• What happens to the individual – emotionally, psychologically,
physically - who calls another person or group of people evil?
• Is there such a thing as a universal evil?