The Very Ven. Julius Wanyoike

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Human Rights or God’s Ways? (FROM THE PROVOST’S DESK 13^th MAY 2012)

The endorsement of same-sex unions in the US by President Obama has sparked fury among the conservative Christians across the globe. In Kenya, the Kenyan Christian Professionals Forum not only reacted to the endorsement, but equally critiqued the Kenya Human Rights Commission dossier on decriminalizing same sex unions in the laws on Thursday. The American President’s endorsement is a campaign strategy and at the height of post-modern relativism fight against the traditional faith. The approach to change the laws in view of decriminalizing i.e. reviewing Article 45 (2) appears to follow the same pattern and interpretation of God’s intention for marriage.

In writing the new Constitution, Kenyans declared their intentions on the need for the state to protect the family institution. This is captured in Article 45 (1) thus “the family is the natural and fundamental unit of the society and necessary basis of social order, and shall enjoy the recognition and protection of the State”. In light of the above, Kenyans continued to declare that “every adult has a right to marry a person of the opposite sex, based on free consent of the parties” Article 45 (2). Irrespective of this declaration, and presumably following the advocates of same-sex unions, the Kenyan Human Rights Commission disregarded this earlier decree in order to solicit new ideas and meet a western ideology of the right to choose a partner.

In seeking to address the issues that are raised by the Kenyan Human Rights Commission, orthodox Christians avers that the rights to choose a partner are limited in God’s law of creation, i.e. God created Adam and Eve, and gave them authority to become co-creators. In light of this understanding, the rights to choose a marriage partner cannot be conferred by the Constitution, irrespective of our preference, because it is limited to either from a man or woman. God’s way for the family, therefore does not originate in humanity, hence one cannot seek orders outside the jurisdiction of the institution.

As Bible believers, any union in marriage cannot originate in humanity since it was instituted by God. In this regard, Western democracies and lifestyles, often dispensed in donor funding and hidden relativism, must not confuse our Catholic Faith. It is our submission that God’s way should take preference over human rights in marriage. Choosing a marriage partner is not a human rights issue, because the institution is human based, although practised in this world. We must not remain silent over this matter.