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The human being fulfills self-determination at various levels but these three, are so crucial: sensual or sensuality living or pursuance of a quality life interaction or an interactive lifestyle Humans are endowed with senses, which we need to use variously to find or enjoy food, smell, sleep, locomotion, mobility, confidentiality, safe passage/keeping and to catalyze how we associate. We have to be provided contexts within which we can pursue our ideas, plans and engage in fulfilling our dreams.   In other words, the following freedoms are so important for self-determination and self-preservation: Freedom of conscience and religion Freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication Freedom of peaceful assembly Freedom to associate These freedoms, are non-negotiable and non-alienable. They must be enjoyed or claimed by all persons irrespective of their status. However, it may surprise you my ...

Catholic bishops in Kenya have applauded a court ruling that keeps homosexuality criminalized in that nation, reports Robert Shine of New Ways Ministry on July 14, 2019. Three judges on Kenya’s High Court declined to repeal laws criminalizing homosexuality, which carry sentences of up to 14 years imprisonment. To do so, they said, would defy both societal values and the spirit of the nation’s Constitution which explicitly endorses heterosexual norms. Legalizing homosexuality was part of, in their words, “foreign doctrines.”  SDE   reported on Catholic bishops’ response: “[Nairobi’s] John Cardinal Njue of the Catholic Church said the homosexual agenda was being pushed by foreign forces, reiterating that God created Adam and Eve. . . “Bishop Alfred Rotich of the Catholic Church said it was God’s wisdom that guided the judges in making the decision to uphold what the church believes is the true foundation of families. “‘We are happy this has come to pass. Our so...