Tutu Equates Homophobia With Apartheid

"To penalize someone because of their sexual orientation is like what used to happen to us; to be penalized for something which we could do nothing (about) -- our ethnicity, our race," said Tutu. "I would find it quite unacceptable to condemn, persecute a minority that has already been persecuted."

—Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace laureate and former Anglican archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa, to journalists in Nairobi for the World Social Forum (Gay.com/U.K.)

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USA TODAY - A Challenge for the Ages

A challenge for the ages: One country, many faiths

Extremists — religious or not — speak the loudest, but they don’t speak for all Americans. That much is clear. What’s not clear: How will this religiously diverse nation move forward into the new year? The founding documents are a good place to start.
By Oliver "Buzz" Thomas

"One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

I was sitting in an auditorium in Greeneville, Tenn., listening to two Sudanese boys, whom my wife and I had helped through college, recite the Pledge of Allegiance and take the oath of citizenship. Our Sudanese friends were Christian, but standing alongside them were Jews, Muslims, Hindus and who knows who else. All different. All about to become American citizens.

(Illustration by Sam Ward, USA TODAY)

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