Of Buchan-fever has gotten
The zealous fundamentalist
And the fervently evangelical Christians
Drunk with a theology
That stinks of misogyny
As old as the pyramids
And how can one further improve
A sermon aimed at the wife-beater
When the preacher is preaching
From a boxing ring
And then labelling the wife-beater
A Mighty Man
Admittedly:
Not every mighty man
Is a wife-beater
But certainly any husband
Who comes home
And loudly proclaims
That he is the head of the home
And his wife must submit
Encourages a power play
Which will inevitably set up
Either husband or wife
As the winner or the loser
Of the conversation
That is shortly to follow
Especially if it is the wife
Who is the bread winner
I have
First Hand
Seen Five Marriages Fail
Because of this
So much for
The Sanctity of Marriage
And the Commandments of Love
I find myself shocked that
South Africa
Which rather naively boasts
With one of the most advanced
Constitutions
In the world
Still entertains
An extremist cult following
That not only
Blatantly seeks to undermine
And oppress women,
But a cult
That is filled with homophobia
Sexism
And Implicit hate speech.
Our constitution
Allows for the safety of all people
The freedom of belief
And the right to live
Without being undermined
By an idiot no less
An idiot blinded
By a religious belief
So exclusive
It wants to pin up the veil
To the Holy of Holies again
Granting
White
Heterosexual
Middleclass
Able bodied
Drunk
Abusive
Unfaithful
Men
Who are more prone to pee in the sink
Than to act charitably
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Buchan’s message
Is severely jaundiced
By drinking from old wells
And threatens
The social work
Done by millions of South Africans
Whom
Have fought and suffered and died
For the very political, social and sexual freedoms
That Buchan’s followers so arrogantly
Flaunts in our faces
In the name of
The so-called
A God of Love
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