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Loving Uganda to Death: The Global Reach of Far-Right Christian Hatred

By Peter Montgomery

…hose public support for LGBT people cost him his position in the Church of Uganda. Ugandan gay rights activist David Kato was murdered while the film was being made; at Kato’s funeral, when the presiding pastor began denouncing homosexuality and causing a commotion, Senyonjo went to Kato’s graveside with the activist’s friends and assured them that God knew and loved David, and knows and loves them. Williams spends a good amount of time with cheer…

American Supports Ugandan Anti-Gay Bill

By Michael Wilkerson

…” the statement says, “therefore The Call, though continuing to be held in Uganda, will not promote this bill.” Despite Engle’s pledge, though, he was sandwiched between two speakers who openly supported the bill. On Sunday, The Call began slowly on the main sports field at Makerere University—big enough for a grass track and full-sized soccer pitch—with, perhaps ironically, a stunning view of Uganda’s largest mosque on a nearby hill. Only about 1…

The Anti-Gay Highway

By Kathryn Joyce

…ings and appeals to African sensitivity to colonialism are painfully clear today, just weeks after Uganda proposed legislation making homosexuality a crime punishable by life imprisonment or death. One of the report’s more surprising findings is the reciprocity of this influence. Kaoma links the growing conservatism of African evangelical leaders with their increased influence over domestic church politics in the United States. The involvement of…

Recounting (Again)
The Role of American Religious Activists in Uganda Anti-Gay Violence

By Sarah Posner

…Uganda” over the bill, I asked him how the U.N. and other “lobbyists” were promoting homosexuality in Uganda; not surprisingly, he didn’t have an answer. He claimed that the pastors there told him “a story about how it swept into — the agenda promotion, of the agenda, and now the actual proliferation of the homosexual activity sweeping into the boarding schools of that nation. I don’t know much of the details so I can’t take responsibility for wha…

Hoax Underscores Urgency for LGBT People in Uganda

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…public statement on recent reports that the headless body of an Integrity Uganda member had been found in Uganda… “I have never worked with anyone who goes by the name Pasikali in my organization. I also did not make any comments as quoted in earlier statements made by Rev. Erich Kasirye. Rev. Erich Kasirye no longer has any legitimate connection to Integrity Uganda. Rev. Kasirye appeared as a source in the original story, but he was apparently k…

Gays Attacked in Uganda After Mag Publishes Info

By Jody May-Chang

…rs that significantly contribute to the billions of dollars that flow into Uganda from the United States. “Ugandans,” Sharlet suggests, “are only too happy to return the favor, providing for their American allies examples of the policies too extreme to be implemented in the United States.” The bill’s author, Member of Parliament David Bahati and the Ethics Minister, James Buturo are affiliated with The Family. Then there’s Rick Warren. The Saddleb…

Bill to Stone Gays to Death Introduced in Kenya

By Peter Montgomery

…r evangelical target groups over the right to health and education for all Ugandans. It strips Ugandans of dignity and bypasses the government, absolving it of responsibility. Piecemeal projects like World Vision handing out discontinued Superbowl t-shirts or Samaritan’s Purse’s shoebox gifts do nothing to strengthen or reform Uganda’s failing public institutions, but do set reinforce perceptions that NGOs provide handouts while the government doe…

In Wake of Murder in Uganda, LGBT Group Protests Prayer Breakfast

By Kay Steiger

…ongressmen, as CHwell as the organization’s reach in far-flung places like Uganda. Sharlet documents that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, who expressed support for the anti-gay bill when it was proposed, has attended the National Prayer Breakfast. During an interview with Teri Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air to promote his book, Sharlet reported that he discovered a direct connection between the Family and the Ugandan bill: Well, the legislator that i…

Updated: Gay Activist Beheaded in Uganda…
Is it a Hoax?

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…s can live in an environment of love, security and affirmation. The longer the argument about avoiding splits and schism in the church continues in the face of the horrendous legislation proposed in Uganda and the murder of LGBT people in the UK and the USA as well as Uganda and other African countries, the more insistent becomes the call for change in the church, NOW….

Status of Uganda Anti-Gay Bill Unclear; U.S. Religious Right Support Isn’t

By Peter Montgomery

…nst HIV/AIDS: “The United States shares the concerns of several members of Uganda’s civil society and the Ugandan government’s own human rights commission, which determined the anti-homosexuality bill violates both Uganda’s constitution and its obligations under international law,” Thompson said. “Beyond that, we have serious concerns about the negative impact of the bill on public health interests in Uganda, including our concerns that it would u…