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American Evangelist Who Sparked Anti-Gay Panic Sued By Ugandan Gay Rights Group

By Sarah Posner

…in the persecution, arrest, torture and murder of gay men and lesbians in Uganda. Advocates for the rights of sexual minorities in Uganda have long pointed the finger at Lively for inciting the anti-gay panic there. Julius Kaggwa, and activist with the Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights and Constitutional Law and the executive director of the Support Initiative For People With Atypical Sex Development, described Lively’s role: That environme…

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…

Driscollpalooza Time… Must Be Book Promo Time

By Rob Shryock

…ownright bizarre things “Cussing Pastor” Mark Driscoll says, usually while promoting a new book, as well as the ensuing negative publicity and essays critical of Mark Driscoll, which somehow increase the popularity of Mark Driscoll’s new book. Mark Driscoll has a new book coming out, and with suspiciously good timing, he’s managed to initiate back to back controversies. First, he showed up at John MacArthur’s “Strange Fire” conference uninvited a…

You Can Take The Boy Out of the Crack House: MyPillow CEO’s New Book Promo Has Deep Roots in American Christianity

By Daniel Schultz

…It might as well be as old as Moses, given what a commonplace it is for right-wing Christians. The rest of it is a chestnut of its own. We ought to just be grateful that Lindell isn’t enforcing coronavirus rectitude with a hatchet. (Carrie Nation was also an unabashed self-promoter, by the way.) It’s a strand that goes back to Wesleyan perfectionism and Calvinist propriety, some of the deepest roots of American religion. It may look like faith se…

First Draft Of History Today Could Be Fox News Promo Tomorrow

By Lauri Lebo

As President Obama signs the health care bill into law today, we are watching the first draft of history. But imagine what students a generation from now will be taught about the most significant overhaul of this nation’s health-care system since Medicare if the conservative activists on the Texas Board of Education are successful at their long-range goal of using the public education system to rewrite history. If publishers kowtow to the board a…

Did Uganda’s President Really Veto the Anti-Gay Bill?

By Kapya Kaoma

…the truth—even after Pepe Julian Onziema, Director of Programs at leading Ugandan LGBTQ advocacy organization Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) tweeted that the Monitor article was misleading. Museveni didn’t even officially receive the anti-gay bill until January 23, and has 30 days from then to respond. Museveni did not say that he won’t sign the bill into law. Rather, he promised to take the issue to his party’s caucus, which met on January 24….

Global LGBT Recap: Homogeopolitics; Dalai Lama Says Gay is OK; Pope Says Civil Unions May Be

By Peter Montgomery

…the Nairobi Declarations, and Uganda’s alarming Anti-Homosexuality Law.” Uganda: Vatican Official Opposes Law, Ugandan Bishops Reserve Judgment On March 4, in the midst of continued tabloid “outings,” Sexual Minorities Uganda marked its tenth anniversary. SMUG is the group suing Scott Lively with the assistance of the Center for Constitutional Rights. On the same day, Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana, the head of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council…

The US Religious Right and the LGBT Crisis In Uganda

By Sarah Posner

…emain an everyday part of life, and an urgent human rights crisis for LGBT Ugandans. Ugandan human rights advocate, Julius Kaggwa, who visited Washington this week, told me that while the AHB would authorize the state to prosecute, imprison, and even put to death anyone the state deems homosexual, “to date we have more non-state violence directed at gay people.” That violence is both promoted by the government—one parliamentarian has said if he ha…

Obama Fumbles on Uganda at National Prayer Breakfast

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…kfast created by the C Street group, “The Family,” who have influenced the Ugandan legislation, issued a glowing statement: We applaud President Obama for having the courage to confront those responsible for the heinous anti-gay bill in Uganda, said Wayne Besen, Executive Director of Truth Wins Out. We hope that the President’s laudable stand makes it clear to Family members in the United States and Uganda that the world is watching. Religion can…

Lou Engle Attempts To Backpedal On Uganda Anti-Gay Bill

By Sarah Posner

…Notes on Religion), last week Engle issued a statement claiming he didn’t promote the bill: “I apologize that this took place and that my stated purpose of not promoting the Bill was compromised. I take responsibility for what was done on the stage of TheCall, even in my absence.” He also claimed that he met with unspecified Christian leaders in Uganda and “that not” one “was carrying even an ounce of hatred for homosexuals.” Not one ounce? James…