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Retired Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa, Desmond Tutu, who, on Friday, urged the African Anglican church to "concentrate on the continent's grim problems rather than on the row over gay clergy, and said persecuting gay people is akin to racism":

"I am deeply disturbed that in the face of some of the most horrendous problems facing Africa, we concentrate on 'what do I do in bed with whom'," the South African Nobel Laureate Tutu told a news conference in Nairobi.

"For one to penalise someone for their sexual orientation is the same as penalising someone for something they can do nothing about, like ethnicity or race. I cannot imagine persecuting a minority group which is already being persecuted."
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"The God I worship would not consider that [gay clergy] to be a priority concern," Tutu said, adding that churches should instead be thinking about poverty, HIV/AIDS and conflict resolution.

Amen. It seems so basic to me, why doesn't the church realize that too? Why aren't Africans up in arms over the church's stance over gays when they have so many problems like poverty, malnutrition, AIDS, other life threatening diseases, famine, droughts, wars, sectarian violence, genocide, corruption and on and on to worry about?

Do they really think that all those things aren't as bad as letting two guys love and have sex with each other? Is it really ok if millions of Africans die each day for causes not related to gays at all as long as gays are persecuted, mistreated, and not recognized as human beings?

If that's the case, than, I'm sorry to say, but all those who feel that way really do deserve their fate.