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Rick Warren and Homophobia in Africa

By Sarah Posner

…arren’s spokesperson told me that he had severed ties with a controversial Ugandan pastor, Martin Ssempa, who has compared homosexuality to witchcraft and engaged in condom burning. Warren’s spokesperson said that the split occurred “over various statements Mr. Ssempa made about homosexuality.” In an email exchange with me, though, Ssempa questioned why Warren would have cut ties with him: In the unclear statement he says it is over our position a…

Evangelicals and Immigration Reform, Again

By Sarah Posner

…t Lively, who is known as one of the instigators of the anti-gay frenzy in Uganda that has led to the kill-the-gay bill there. This is not a new effort by evangelicals to press for immigration reform. Two years ago, a group calling itself Conservatives for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, which included the NHCLC, the National Association of Evangelicals, and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, pressed for immigration reform, but without the…

Global Precap: 5 Religion and LGBT Stories to Look For in 2015

By Peter Montgomery

…t attacks LGBT groups, civil society, and basic freedoms within Russia. In Uganda, anti-gay lawmakers are certain to try to overcome President Yoweri Museveni’s resistance to passage of a new Anti-Homosexuality Act. In Gambia, viciously anti-gay President Yahya Jammeh has portrayed his vehement anti-gay stance as a heroic effort to defend Islam and African independence from European influence. In 2015, Gambia will celebrate 50 years of independenc…

A Debate Rages in India Over Conversion, Secularism, and “Spiritual Violence”

By Murali Balaji

…d the impact it is having on the Indian social fabric. It’s a conversation Uganda and a number of African nations have not had—which is having devastating consequences for the their LGBT communities. As scholar and social activist Jim Perkinson has reminded us, countries such as India are only a microcosm of the worldwide impact of missionary activity. “The effect on native people of predatory proselytization is typically cultural alienation, a gr…

Notify This! Vatican Bungles Response to Sexual Ethics Book

By Mary E. Hunt

…garet’s community, the Sisters of Mercy. She still makes regular visits to Uganda and Cameroon to teach and learn as a collaborator. The organization “brings together women religious so that they may address the crisis of HIV and AIDS by listening to, learning from, and empowering one another to collaborate in strategies for prevention and care in response to the pandemic. The essence of the AACSS is the bonding that exists between Sister to Siste…

Purpose Driven Politics: Rick Warren’s Civil Service

By Bill Berkowitz

…ries, universities, and other institutions.” P.E.A.C.E. is an acronym for: Promote reconciliation; Equip servant leaders; Assist the poor; Care for the sick; and Educate the next generation. “For the past four years, thousands of members of Saddleback Church have been testing prototypes of the P.E.A.C.E. Plan around the world,” the release continued. “During this phase, called P.E.A.C.E 1.0, more than 7,700 members volunteered on over a thousand P…

Country of Georgia Considers Constitutional Marriage Ban; Hindu Nationalist Leader Surprises India With Call to Decriminalize Homosexuality; No End to Anti-LGBT Propaganda Campaign in Indonesia; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ntal way with the respondents’ right to form an association to protect and promote their interest,” Kirby said. The ruling is a challenge to an anti-gay agenda pursued by the government of President Ian Khama in Botswana, where engaging in homosexual acts remains illegal. Reuters’ Tisetso Motsoeneng notes: Homosexuality remains taboo in many African societies where some religious groups have branded it a corrupting import from the West. Nigeria pa…

UN Human Rights Council Creates LGBT Watchdog; Orthodox Council Affirms Traditional Teaching on Family; Pope Francis Says Church Should Apologize to Gays; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…Blasius Ruguri of the East-Central Africa Division had publicly supported Uganda’s anti-gay legislation, which would have sentenced gay individuals to death in some cases. Instead of condemning homophobia, the GC doubled down on its condemnation of homosexuality while also claiming to be “strongly opposed to acts of violence, hatred and discrimination against a person because of his or her sexual orientation.” The GC’s hypocritical statement drew…

Obama’s Divisive Choice of Rick Warren

By Michelle Goldberg

…abstinence-only policies as the Bush administration. One of his protegés, Ugandan pastor Martin Ssempa, has been a major force in moving that country away from its lifesaving safer-sex programs. He’s been known to burn condoms at Makerere University, the prestigious school in Uganda’s capital, and in his Pentecostal services, marked by much sobbing and speaking in tongues, he offers the promise of faith healing to his desperate congregants, a par…

Noble Prize-Winner Yunus Under Fire For “Un-Islamic” Gay Rights Stance

By M. Sophia Newman

…e 2012, Yunus signed a letter advocating fair treatment of LGBTI people in Uganda. The African nation was then considering a draconian law that imposed the death penalty on gay Ugandans. The letter, signed by a distinguished group of signatories and released via the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, was one of several international efforts to oppose the legislation. The document, which read, “By expressing our solidarity with…