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

…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….

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

…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…

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

…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…

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First Draft Of History Today Could Be Fox News Promo Tomorrow

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…

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Anti-Gay Celebration in Uganda; Weddings in England; ‘Francis Effect’ at the Vatican

…thdrew their support. The Obama administration sent a multi-agency team to Uganda this week to review aid to the country, Buzzfeed reports, but both Ugandan and American activists have questioned the U.S. commitment to push for change. Kikonyongo Kivumbi, executive director of the Uganda Health and Science Press Association, suggested that the U.S. has been sending mixed messages, a point echoed by Julie Dorf of the Council for Global Equality.  A…

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

…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…

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Driscollpalooza Time… Must Be Book Promo Time

…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…

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

…n landscape since the first circuit riders hit the frontier villages. Even today, there’s no difference between Mike Lindell and a dozen televangelists, save a thousand milligrams of lithium. If you have any doubts about the commodification of the healing grace of God, google it for yourself. There’s a part of American Christianity that believes deeply and sincerely that if they can make it out of the lion’s den, they can teach you to do the same—…

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

…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….

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The US Religious Right and the LGBT Crisis In Uganda

…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…

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