I figured it was either that or the LRA. Yeah, Ethiopia doesn’t really have anything approaching the latter – there are tensions between adherents of the establishment Orthodox church (which has existed there, in some form or another, since the 300s) and “Pente,” and I think this has occasionally escalated to violence. (Meanwhile, Christianity and Islam have co-existed there for centuries, not always peacefully, but in some areas it’s common to find Christians and Muslims in the same household.) The previous Orthodox Patriarch had some very un-Christian things to say about gays (along the lines of “we shouldn’t be merciful, they should be shunned and ridiculed”). While the church no longer has official standing, the gov’t was going along with this (and when a spokesperson rescinded it, it turned out to be a hoax). But (I guess) they eventually realized they had more pressing matters to deal with in terms of running the country and it hasn’t been in the news for a few years. (While Ethiopia is decidedly a LGBTQ-unfriendly place, I don’t think that particular Patriarch was particularly well-liked (for other reasons), for whatever that’s worth.)
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