Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has condemned anti-gay prejudice.
The 81-year-old retired Anglican bishop, who gained notoriety
speaking out against apartheid, made his comments at a press
conference in South Africa announcing a Untied Nations campaign
against homophobia and transphobia.
(Related: UN
Human Rights office launches gay rights campaign.)
“I would refuse to go to a homophobic heaven,” Tutu said.
“No, I would say sorry, I mean I would much rather go to the other
place. I would not worship a God who is homophobic and that is how
deeply I feel about this.”
The Nobel Peace Prize laureate compared the gay rights movement to
the fight waged to end apartheid in South Africa.
“I am as passionate about this campaign as I ever was about
[ending] apartheid,” he said. “For me, it is at the same level.”