The Anglican Church of Uganda is weighing in on that nation's proposal to punish -- including by execution -- gay people. The Most Reverend Henry Luke Orombi, the Ugandan archbishop, issued a press release this week asking Ugandan lawmakers to tweak the bill to "protect the vulnerabilities of the boy child," provide for proportionality in sentencing," and ensure that "sexual orientation is excluded as a protected human right."

The Anglican Church of Uganda refers to gayness as "homosexual disorientation." Archbishop Orombi writes that he wants the state to "prohibit and penalize homosexual behavior and related practices in Uganda as they constitute a threat to the traditional family." As Box Turtle Bulletin notes, Orombi leaves unclear whether the Anglican Church of Uganda supports capital punishment for gay people.

American Episcopalians who oppose gay rights have broken away to form the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA). Their closest ties are now to the Church of Nigeria and the Church of Uganda. Archbishop Orombi has traveled to the U.S. and preached to their members. (Full disclosure: I'm an American Episcopalian and in a same-sex marriage.) BTB writes:

I doubt that these American churches endorse the abolition of the freedom of speech in America and I suspect that if cornered many would refuse to publicly endorse recriminalization of homosexuality. Yet, to date, neither the ACNA nor a single member church has spoken against the efforts of the Church of Uganda. None has expressed even the slightest discomfort about being publicly aligned with those who endorse human rights abuses.