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Gay Rights Activists Condemn “Spiritual War” in Uganda

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…findings. Their refusal to do so, coupled with the glaring silence of top Ugandan officials after the murder has done nothing to quell the fear of those in the LGBT community in Uganda. What Kaggwa and LeGendre know for sure is that Kato’s death is now being used to whip up new pressure to pass the internationally-condemned “kill the gays” bill. “We’re not sure of anything, but if you look at everything that preceded (Kato’s) death you can’t he…

Pope Mum on LGBTs in Uganda; Church Defends Anti-Marriage-Equality Efforts in Australia; Cyprus Passes Civil Partnerships; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…e Human Rights Awareness & Promotion Forum against the Attorney General of Uganda seeking a ruling that the provisions of Uganda’s 2014 Anti-Homosexuality Act violate the Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community. Australia: Catholic Church in free-speech battle; official changes mind on marriage Catholic Archbishop Anthony Fisher is defending the Catholic Church’s freedom of speech in response to a complaint arguing that a recent…

American Preacher Slams US Opposition to Uganda Law

By Peter Montgomery

…ykes: I’m extremely upset that our state department is putting pressure on Uganda to recognize homosexual behavior. And I’m praying that Uganda will say, “We don’t want your money, America. It is blood money. It is sin money.” I hope that you will continue to stand strong on what the Bible defines as the definition of a real marriage… In America, Christians are going to put as much pressure as we can on our government not to cut the aid to Uganda…

Global LGBT Recap: Ugandan Law Unleashes Vigilantes, Anti-Gay Americans Want to Boost Homophobia Exports

By Peter Montgomery

…an gays.” Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands have suspended direct aid to Uganda; American officials are considering their next steps. ThinkProgress reports that the U.S. “might just let Uganda get away with its new anti-gay law,” citing military cooperation and strategic regional interests. Nigeria: Author Says Violence in Wake of New Law Destroying Subculture Author and theologian Rev. Irene Monroe writes that the homophobic violence that has e…

Global LGBT Recap: Culture War Claims More Victims

By Peter Montgomery

…cizing the bill. The White House said it would “be a step backward for all Ugandans and reflect poorly on Uganda’s commitment to protecting the human rights of its people. It also will mark a serious setback for all those around the world who share a commitment to freedom, justice and equal rights.” Obama National Security Advisor Susan Rice had urged Museveni not to sign the bill, which she called a “huge step backward for Uganda and the world.”…

Cyber-Colonialism: Anonymous Enters LGBT Fray in Uganda

By Joseph Tolton

…es that “Anonymous’ actions show an appalling disregard for the efforts of Ugandan LGBT leaders and a gob-smacking hubris that they, from the comfort of their bedrooms and coffee shops, know better than the Ugandan LGBT people on the ground.” Anonymous’ actions are particularly ironic given that many of the anti-LGBT laws in African countries are a direct result of the anti-LGBT brand of Christianity imported by evangelical missionaries like Scott…

“God Created You”: Bishop Supports Gay Ugandans, Defies Death Threats

By Jocelyn Edwards

…t seven years and worked with at the religious LGBT organization Integrity Uganda. “I was very much surprised. I didn’t know that they [people in Uganda who are anti-gay] would be so serious as to kill somebody like that who had been mentioned in Rolling Stone. But it seems they are.” The release of the tabloid saw the Kampala homosexuals outed in the publication evicted from their homes, fired from jobs, and one lesbian stoned by her neighbors. …

Power in a Union: How the Working Class Shaped Religion in America

By Matthew Pehl

…e rise and fall of Congress-of-Industrial-Organizations-style unionism (in Detroit, at least) had a cultural analog in the rise and fall of specific expressions of working-class religion. Among the largest working-class religious communities in Detroit—Catholics, African-American Protestants, and white evangelicals from the South—a set of new, more “worker-centric” idioms began developing in the 1930s, linking religious and class identity in defen…

Repurposing the Gospel Aura: Eminem’s Chrysler Ad Borrows Some Spirit

By Douglas Harrison

…ntily edited series of video clips taken from a car ride into the heart of Detroit. At the same time, a gravelly-voiced offscreen narrator directly addresses the audience about the apparent paradox of a gritty, hardscrabble city like Detroit—one “that’s been to hell and back”—knowing anything “about the finer things in life,” like luxury automobiles: “I gotta question for you,” the narrator says, “what does this city know about luxury, huh?” As th…

Christianity Today counsels “patience” on Uganda’s anti-gay law

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…ose” the power of American evangelicals who had spoken about gay issues in Uganda. Such assumptions were racist, said Scott Lively, one of the speakers. If anything, Ugandan legislators did not follow his advice: He had urged them to favor rehabilitation rather than imprisonment in crafting a new law on homosexuality. There is American and European influence in Uganda, Anglican bishop David Zac Niringiye told Christianity Today. The liberationist…