These apprehensions have been cruised across Botswana through the social media waves, and led Anderson to be deported away from Botswana by Botswana government with immediate effect from 22nd September this year without trial. This 22nd September 2016 Botswana presidential peace securing decision at the best interest of Botswana nationals by seizing Anderson from advancing his “hate speech”- that stigmatises homosexuals and likely to materialise havoc among Batswana, was relevant. The major theological worry of Batswana triggered by Anderson `s antisocial statements - “Gays, lesbian and pregnant school girls must be killed. Botswana pastors are toothless...” has not been mere indoctrination likely to provoke them to revolt against the practice of gays and lesbian. But this worry worth to be the consciousness the call to Batswana for self-introspection and evaluation of their collective if not average position, concerning the following social ills. Such challenges encompass the so called “possessiveness” in legalising the right of same sex relationships and marriage, sex organs transplanting for the sake of changing gender, sex business, gender inequality, and above all the best interest of a child (Botswana Children Act, 2009, section 6) who is raised by same sex lovers. The mitigating questions for Batswana to respond to, reflected by this communique are; first, what and who shall amicably determine the progressiveness of Botswana towards accepting or rejecting homosexuality? Second, what is Botswana church `s prophetic role in integrating the homosexuals into the best interest of Tswana communitarian society? Religion is an integral part of human sexuality.
Relatively all sexuality ills peaking with the zeal of sex organ transplanting are influenced by non - exegesis of the Biblical scripture. Smith (1990) `s report on the 1979 consultation of the World Council of Churches titled Family Education Office, Marriage and Family Education in Theological Perspective, still holds water that, “Our sexuality is not uncontrollable, it is not an idol or a slave, it is ourselves as we live with other people we love- parents, friends, children, lovers, husbands, wives – in individual relationships and in group and communities” and the way we relate to God. As Botswana celebrate her 50th years of independence, the arena for resolving homosexual challenges in both traditional culture and modernising contexts, is evaluation of the church`s self-theologiing concerning her contributions to peace pillars of the nation. Addressed amicably from a well-informed theological perspective these challenges shall not do without Biblical exegesis, demythologisation and contextualisation of the scriptures in accordance with the natives people `s culture.
