Days after the church of England priests legalized the officiation of civil marriages of same-sex couples, clerics in the country continue to raise alarm over the decision claiming that it is tantamount to secularizing the church and sanitizing sin.
In a weighty shift from the church’s hard stance on homosexuality that is unbiblical, the England priests decided otherwise after a heated debate that saw 250 votes in favour of the verdict while 181 declined the invitation to back the proposal that brought to end years of sharp disagreements over the matter.
This happened even as it emerged that homosexuality has been rife in Kiambu County with many youths joining the movement where they earn a living.
Bishop Jane Gathoni of Kirima Tent of Prayer is claiming that homosexual bars have been operational at Kirigiti town in Kiambu County where desperate and unemployed youths are lured with a promise of earning Ksh30,000 a month.
Gathoni who criticized the decision to allow same-sex marriages regretted that the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community from the western countries have been sponsoring the recruitment exercises, a move she termed as alien and one that could drive Kenyan youth away from their moral fabric.
“It horrifies me to know that there is a homosexual bar in Kirigiti and that the LGBT community from the west has been sponsoring this lifestyle by paying those recruited up to Ksh30,000 every month. There is a great need for us to educate our youth and get them out of that trap because they have been lured into a falsehood,” Gathoni said.
Speaking during a worship experience event at Kirima Prayer and Resource Centre, the bishop regretted that if not arrested, some western decisions could plunge the local youths into disorder and deviate them from the African and spiritual values, a weird sense of belonging that most people end up in due to hopelessness, desperation and poverty.
To sustain Kenya’s economy which has been on a downward trajectory for years, Kirima proposed the creation of a God’s fund kitty that would account for 10 per cent of the total revenue that the government collects and dedicates to youth empowerment and helping the poor.
“This will protect our wealth as a country, increase our earnings and ensure that our youths remain pure and committed to other income-generating activities instead of being diverted by some weird beliefs,” she stated.
Many youths who thronged the centre told journalists that they gather for therapy since most of them have been grappling with desperations precipitated by unemployment, societal pressure and general hopelessness in life.
By praying, the youths revealed that most of them have been saved from the slavery of abuse of drugs and other outlawed substances, a situation that has enabled them to live meaningful lives.
