Protest planned outside St Neots cafe over “anti-gay comments”
Paul Shinners, managing director of Cornerstone Café, spoke at the annual National Day and Night of Prayer at the Nakivubo Stadium in the Ugandan capital, Kampala.
Paul Shinners, managing director of Cornerstone Café, spoke at the annual National Day and Night of Prayer at the Nakivubo Stadium in the Ugandan capital, Kampala.
Subsequent reports of the New Year’s Eve event on a Ugandan news website claimed Mr Shinners spoke in support of the country’s controversial Anti-Homosexuality Bill – which could see gay people sentenced to life in prison if convicted of their “crimes”.
The Daily Monitor quoted “Rev Paul Schinners” as saying: “There is no other nation world over that has such a plan and through this, Uganda is going to be blessed.”
The article claimed his comments “commended Uganda for the Bill, saying it was a clear stand for God”.
However, Mr Shinners, who is currently in South Africa with his wife and children, vehemently denied speaking in support of the bill.
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Mr Shinner states on CornerStone website : I am not homophobic . Never have been. Never will. I have never ever made any homophobic comments