Double Jeopardy - Sins In An Unforgiving Society

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“Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” This line from John Chapter 8 must have stirred chaos in the lives of those who pretended to live a perfect life, yet their sins were as dark as a scarlet.

Human beings lead such false lifestyles where what you hear us proclaim is not near what we live out in private. We are all pretenders. We are pretty much like the Pharisees and the Scribes that wanted to trick Jesus into condemning the adulteress (Mary Magdalene) by parading her in the middle of the temple.

The year 2016 is slowly losing its newness given the weighty issues already in the public domain eliciting extreme reactions and positions. While I have learnt to respect matters before our courts to be properly concluded before I can see value in adding my voice to the chorus—listening to my favourite morning radio segment as I drove my eight-year old to school, I reflected on my roles as a minister of the word and practitioner of Justice and Peace. The matter that has come into the crossfire is the appeal made by our Government against the registration of a society for gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender people called LEGABIBO.

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