President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria and his Udangan counterpart, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, have been criticised by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York for given approval to laws penalising gay people.
The two Archbishops, Justin Welby of Canterbury and John Sentamu of York in their letter to the two presidents, moved against their countries’ laws penalising gay people.
Welby and Sentamu in their letter said “homosexual people were loved and valued by God and should not be victimised or diminished.”
Nigeria and Uganda have both passed legislation targeting people with same-sex attraction.
According to BBC, the letter is also addressed to all primates (heads of national Churches) in the worldwide Anglican Communion.
Archbishops Justin Welby of Canterbury and John Sentamu of York said the letter was a result of “questions about the Church of England’s attitude to new legislation in several countries that penalises people with same-sex attraction”.
The letter comes as Archbishop Welby starts a five-day tour of four African countries.