The speaker discusses the issue of homosexuality in Malawi, where anti-sodomy laws still exist and carry prison sentences of over a decade. The Malawian president is considering destroying these laws due to pressure from the European Union. Despite the majority of Malawians fighting against homosexuality, the speaker believes that the resistance is based on a foundation of traditional knowledge that homosexuality is a sin and an abomination before God.
At the men's conference we talked about homosexuality. I gave a message about it and everybody knows that Malawi still has anti-sodomy laws, prison sentences of over a decade for committing that crime. And now Malawi has a president that is giving signals that she would like to see those laws destroyed, because the European Union is threatening to withhold their donations unless you destroy your anti-sodomy laws. What's your take on that whole situation? I mean, one thing I know is that the majority of the Malawians are actually fighting against homosexuality.
But I would say that, you know, I once heard a man say that, you know, we are fighting against homosexuality with our traditions. I mean, that's true, but behind all that is the foundation that I was talking about that our forefathers laid for us that there is the knowledge in people's hearts that this is a sin and this is blasphemy, this is an abomination before God and that's where it's coming from and that's why people are resisting this even though the church is not speaking as one voice against homosexuality. Thank you.