By TUNJI ODUGBESAN

THE recent signing into law of anti-gay law by Ugandan Head of State, Yoweri Museveni, has generated a lot of interest. The World Bank was reported to have postponed the disburse-ment of some funds to that country. Similar pressure accompanied Nigeria’s signing of a similar bill a few weeks earlier. It is sad that the people who gave us Christianity are the ones who no longer understand the basic principles they have been propagating. They are of the mistaken belief that their affluence precludes their need of God.

I understand the reasoning of the industrialized world in their claim that everybody should be allowed to take decisions on what he feels is best for him (as long as it does not impinge on the rights of others). But what they do not understand is the fact that the encouragement of homosexual behavior is worse than the terrorism they claim to be fighting.

Two very serious implications are being overlooked when a homosexual claims he was born that way. For one, he is calling God a liar because God’s injunction to “Be fruitful and increase in number” (Gen 1:28) is not possible with same-sex marriage! Secondly, he is saying God is a partial judge since He destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah for this same sin (Gen. 19:1-26). God is no res-pecter of persons (Acts 10:34), they are the ones who must be wrong.

Satan and his demons ensure that these people have sex and  even attain orgasm during their first sexual experience with a same-sex partner. Thereafter, they would always relate sexually…thereby believing that that is the only way to enjoy sex. Isn’t it a known fact that people’s sexual orientation and behaviour are largely deter-mined by their first experien-ce?

When God gave man dom-inion, He recognized the fact that spirits could not operate on earth without a physical body. So He gave our spirit a body with which to operate on earth. As long as our spirits maintain dominion over our bodies, Satan and his demons will have no place, no operat-ional base on earth. But then, when we “decide” to sin, we empower a demon to operate.

When a homosexual is young, Satan keeps giving him reasons (through his thoughts) why he should have a relationship with a same-sex person. The moment he agrees, the demon takes over his body and does the act. Knowing that that first act is very crucial, he ensures that the young man enjoys it so much that he gets hooked.
Before President Museveni signed the bill, he had asked doctors to give their medical perspective to enable him make a decision. They insisted that homosexuality was a behavioural aberration; it is something learnt and not something anyone is born with. They are absolutely correct.

Much as I accept the right of the individual to be free to choose his preferences, we should not forget that these deviants prey on our youths. There was one well known homosexual gentleman; he preyed on young souls then.
The foregoing explanation is also to be used when we want to understand all kinds of aberration—drugs, alcohol, smoking, and other destructive acts we seem not to be able to stop. The demons keep push-ing until a person becomes addicted. But by undergoing a thorough deliverance session, the demon (and its power) will be detached from person’s life and body.
*Mr. Odugbesan, author of Winning the mind game of life, wrote in from Lagos.