By Jean Mondoro<\/p>\n\n\n\n (LifeSiteNews<\/a>) \u2014 Charles Kanjama, a lawyer from Kenya who has defended Africa\u2019s anti-sodomy laws in response to criticism from the Vatican, will join the 2023 Rome Life Forum as a panelist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The conference is set to take place on October 31 through November 1 in Rome, Italy, just after the conclusion of the Vatican\u2019s Synod on Synodality. Its focus will be \u201con confronting the evils of the Deep Church and Deep State and their involvement in the Great Reset agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Attendees will be able to meet and engage in discussion with guest speakers, including Charles Kanjama. A prominent attorney in Kenya, Kanjama is the managing partner, head of disputes department and head of support services at the Muma and Kanjama Advocates<\/a> law firm. He has more than 20 years of experience practicing law and is a member and chairperson of the Kenya Christian Professionals Forum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Earlier this year, Kanjama spoke<\/a> to LifeSiteNews\u2019 John-Henry Westen about anti-sodomy laws being enacted in numerous African countries and, more specifically, the importance of Pope Francis to refrain from his criticism of bishops who support these laws. Pope Francis has previously condemned the criminalization of homosexuality, arguing instead for a need to \u201chave a process of conversion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kanjama responded by saying that the laws serve a \u201cuseful public purpose,\u201d including the support of criticizing a lifestyle that much of society agrees is \u201charmful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe only fundamental way you can protect society against the continued encroachment of homosexuality is to say that homosexuality is fundamentally harmful to the good of society,\u201d Kanjama said. \u201cAnd if society decides to criminalize, they are entitled to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The attorney also pointed out that \u201cAfrican countries normally receive aid from the West \u2026 including changing their laws on homosexuality. But we have seen that the African countries have on many occasions pushed back and said this is a form of cultural imperialism where you are trying to impose a culture that has settled and taken root in the West, even though our people have different sentiments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n In July, the nation of Namibia outlawed<\/a> same-sex \u201cmarriage\u201d between citizens and foreigners, just months after Uganda\u2019s parliament passed<\/a> its \u201cAnti-Homosexuality Bill.\u201d Around the same time, the Kenyan Supreme Court stunned its conservative citizens by allowing<\/a> pro-LGBT organizations to form despite pro-family laws. The ruling was appealed<\/a> by Catholic bishops, who called the decision \u201cunconstitutional\u201d and \u201cunwelcome\u201d in the conservative nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-17.png\")
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