A Dutch Christian charity has had its government funding withdrawn after pressure from MPs over its opposition to active homosexual relationships.
As Christian Today reports, Dutch Government minister Jet Bussemaker said that the charity would not receive further government money after opposition claims that they send out the wrong message.
The Charity, Hart van Homo’s, which roughly translates as “heart for gays”, says gay Christians should “opt for friendship without a sexual relationship”.
The government U-turn came after Hart van Homo’s was revealed to have received state money through an umbrella foundation, LCC+, which represents a number of organisations that aim to create more acceptance of homosexuality within churches.
“This is a question of principle, not money,” one Labour MP Keklik Yücel told Christianity Today. “Should we be subsidising an organisation which conflicts with emancipation?”
In February 2014, the United States cut aid to Uganda, imposed visa restrictions and canceled a regional military exercise in response to a Ugandan law that imposed harsh penalties on homosexuality.
Later in August the same year, Uganda’s Constitutional Court annulled this anti-gay legislation.
It ruled that the bill was passed by MPs without the requisite quorum and was therefore illegal.
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