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"US ambassador cites Pope Francis in urging Zambia to embrace homosexuality"
"The U.S. ambassador to Zambia quoted Pope Francis this week in urging the people of Zambia to adopt a softer line on homosexuality, amid an ongoing debate over a 15-year prison sentence for two men convicted of sodomy. Japhet Chabata and Steven Samba were convicted last year of sex 'against the order of nature,' with Judge Charles Zulu rejecting an appeal of their sentence last week. Daniel Foote, the U.S. Ambassador to Zambia, responded that he was 'horrified' by the 'oppressive sentencing,' which he said would 'do untold damage to Zambia’s international reputation by demonstrating that human rights in Zambia (are) not a universal guarantee.'... He said he has 'nothing but the highest respect for your citizens,' but was 'shocked at the venom and hate directed at me and my country, largely in the name of ‘Christian’ values, by a small minority' over his comments on homosexuality. 'I agree that this issue is completely up to Zambians to decide,' Foote continued. 'You are blessed with a diversity of Christian denominations, and while I understand that many are not Catholic, let me cite Pope Francis. He has repeatedly spoken about the need for his Church to welcome and love all people, regardless of sexual orientation.' Foote then quoted the Pope’s October 2016 statement that 'People must be accompanied as Jesus accompanies them, when a person who has this condition arrives before Jesus, Jesus surely doesn't tell them... go away because you are homosexual.'”
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