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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>A total of 72 couples from different districts tied the knot in a Sunday mass wedding church leaders said was \u201cto show same-sex marriage is illegal.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

At Jinja Christian Centre (JCC), hundreds of congregants at Jinja Christian Centre (JCC) witnessed as the couples exchanged vows amid cheers.<\/p>\n

Jinja Fellowship Pastors Forum vice chairperson Fredrick Ojiambo emphasized that the mass wedding sought to project homosexuality as illegal.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to teach Christians the meaning of God\u2019s marriage and implement it. We don\u2019t want to hear cases of homosexuality,\u2019\u2019 he remarked.<\/p>\n

“We invited all couples, old or young, to celebrate their vows together and this is a wonderful symbolic act here,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

However, Ojiambo also said they organised the mass wedding to help couples with financial constraints.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have provided them with gowns, salon bills, cakes, food and drinks, government certificates and returns. We wanted to support some people who were fearing to come and pronounce their holy matrimony,\u2019\u2019 he explained.<\/p>\n

Ojiambo urged the couples to continue loving and supporting each other for a stable relationship.<\/p>\n

Meantime, an Indian man identified as Patel Kumar and his Ugandan wife Shifa Nangoli were among the 72 couples whose JCC.<\/p>\n

“I wanted to be part of the mass wedding. It has been fantastic because most of my relatives have accompanied me,\u201d Nangoli told.<\/p>\n

Church goers expressed excitement after seeing an Indian wed a Ugandan in a rare phenomenon.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am surprised to see an Indian participating in a mass wedding. At first, I thought he had escorted someone,\u201d Mike Wango, a Lugazi based pastor said.<\/p>\n

Pastor John Gabula of God\u2019s Property church in Jinja said: \u201cWe have been seeing the whites marrying Ugandans. It has not been common with Indians and Chinese.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis Indian has made it clear that there is no discrimination by marrying Uganda,\u2019\u2019 he observed.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, 62-year-old Joseph Maguli and 49-year-old Ida Takali said they were repeating their wedding almost 35 years later.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had our marriage ceremony in 1990 at the holy redeemed church at Bubugo Village, Buwala Sub-county in Kamuli District but we lost our marriage documents and the church book we registered in also disappeared. That is why we have repeated it,\u2019\u2019 said the couple from Namulikye Village in Nawanyago Sub-county in Kamuli District.<\/p>\n

Homosexuality is illegal in Uganda- and the highly conservative East African country recognizes marriage between an adult man and woman.<\/p>\n

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