Comments on: CHIEF JUSTICE NOMINEE DENIES HOMOPHOBIA https://www.mambaonline.com/2011/09/04/chief-justice-nominee-denies-homophobia/ South Africa's leading LGBTQ news and community platform Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:30:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Lance Weyer https://www.mambaonline.com/2011/09/04/chief-justice-nominee-denies-homophobia/#comment-12600 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=17007#comment-12600 Religion is everywhere in SA politics today, and increasingly it is coming to influence those public institutions and servants who should serve the public interest dispassionately and without fear or favour. When those beliefs run against the Bill of Rights (such as judge Mogoengs views on homosexuality) the results can be profound and far reaching, and to the detriment of our democracy. You might recall Zumas 2006 pronouncement that same sex marriage is a disgrace to the nation and to God – is his nomination of Mogoeng a consequence of this belief? Even our elections – the pinnacle of democratic free choice and individual agency – seems to have been reduced to nothing more than an exercise in carrying out Gods will. Very little is written on this subject. Most people are too scared to cause offence. But the Bill of Right demands much more than that. The line between church and state needs to be fiercely guarded and, at the moment, it is being torn down. As a result, religious prejudice, inconsistent with the Constitution, has found a home at the highest levels of the government and God is being used to instil fear in those who do not support a particular political agenda, all of which is to the detriment of our democracy.

]]> By: Oupa https://www.mambaonline.com/2011/09/04/chief-justice-nominee-denies-homophobia/#comment-12656 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=17007#comment-12656 In reply to Lance Weyer.

Lance,i would like to agree adn disagree with you. Mogoeng is upholdign the constitution and not eh Bible. U know as well as i do that Churches across the world are at crossroads regarding gay rights…..In Zumas case,i even voted for him knowign he would uphold the constitution and not his personal beliefs about gays….indid he has. Where am working ,my Bosses son is very gay,i know it and he also knows am gay,but he told me not to express myself as gay in the work environment…..i wont start making noise because i want to eb noted with a big mouth,i fully understand the society. I went to England early year,i thought those were democratic brothers olways telling us what to do to respect peoples rights….when i went to church one sunday….ofcourse i didnt care whoever was looking…but i could clearly see murmurs around me for being openly gay because of teh way i was dressed…..infact one woman called me on the side and told me of a gay church a short distance from where we were…..meaning,thy didnt feel confortable with me in their presence but would rather have me go to a gay church nearby. It was a big lesson for me indid….because whereas the constitution of GB allows freedom of gay and lesbians,people were not as free as we have olways been told. Bible against Constitution…….

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