The EFF says the uproar over 'homophobic' Prof Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba addressing the party's 10th anniversary lecture at the University of Cape Town was 'nonsensical, hypocritical and baseless'.
“Reducing a lecture to a public stance and saying the EFF is possibly homophobic is nonsensical, hypocritical and baseless,” he said
“It is a witch hunt to paint the progressive and anti-homophobic position of the EFF, but also disturb the 10th anniversary celebration of the EFF.” EFF leader Julius Malema previously responded to claims he “flip-flopped” after inviting Lumumba, saying: “You don't censor a different opinion on your platforms simply because you disagree. Allowing different views makes a discourse even more exciting.” “What if Museveni is lesbian or gay himself? What if Museveni is going to discover that much later. Because there are people who discover that even when they are older that 'actually this is what I am,'” said Malema.
“How are you going to identify that a person is gay? What scientific method are you going to use that she is lesbian? All you are going to use is look at a person out of hatred and decide this one is gay, this one is lesbian. It cannot be correct. So we are saying to Museveni, leave people the way they are. It is not our problem, it is not your problem, it is not a problem.”
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