Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu says
he cannot keep quiet about the injustice of discrimination based on
sexual orientation.
The 81-year-old retired Anglican
bishop, who gained notoriety speaking out against apartheid in South
Africa, appeared Wednesday in a 60-second video for the United
Nation's Free & Equal campaign.
“I have to tell you: Cannot keep
quiet when people are penalized for something about which they can do
nothing,” Tutu said in the spot. “First, gender – when women
are excluded just simply and solely because they are women.”
“But more perniciously, more ghastly
is the fact that people are penalized, killed, all sorts of ghastly
things happen to them simply and solely on the basis of their sexual
orientation. I oppose such injustice with the same passion that I
opposed apartheid.” (The video is embedded on this page. Visit
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