Uganda's First Lady said during a speech, where she congratulated bishops for their recent anti-gay work, if cows can't be gay, then humans can definitely not be gay, according to GayStarNews.com.
The speech did not create a stir or controversy since Uganda has recently formalized the anti-homosexuality law that it plans to punish gay sex with life imprisonment, GSN.com reported. Uganda's president recently signed into law the Anti-Homosexuality Act, punishing gay sex with up to life in prison.
The statement was uttered during a speech Janet Museveni made while congratulating the Church of Uganda's bishops for their recent work, according to GSN.com.
Museveni, who is also the minister for affairs in the region of Karamoja, said because of the bishops Uganda has "progressed," GSN.com reported. She also said the Anti-Homosexuality Act was passed because they owed it to God.
"We must listen to God and obey him," she said, according to GSN.com. "Thank you God for leading us."
Museveni said they would not repeal the anti-gay law and stressed "people who pray cannot be defeated," GSN.com reported.
"If cows did not practice homosexuality, how could we the human beings start arguing over homosexuality?" Museveni said during the speech last week, according to GSN.com
Bishop Steven Kasimba of Mityana, who led the church service where Uganda's first lady spoke last week, saluted President Yoweri Museveni for signing the anti-gay bill into law, GSN.com reported. He said if the law was not passed, the country would have perished.
In a recent speech to students, the Ugandan president also told youth to not be influenced by Western culture and reject homosexuality, GSN.com reported.
Another Uganda pastor, Martin Ssempa, has organized a twisted anti-gay march in order to drum up added support for the law, according to GSN.com.
More than 50 civil society groups filed a petition against the Anti-Homosexuality Act in Uganda's Constitutional Court last week with hopes it will be declared invalid, GSN.com reported.