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Rob Tisinai illuminates more ghastly provisions in the Uganda bill:

You don't have to be gay to be put to death under Uganda's pending bill.

Moses, a gay Ugandan who hides his face for fear of imprisonment or death should he be denied asylum and forced to return to Uganda, speaks about the criminalization of homosexuality: Box Turtle Bulletin has more details on the press conference: Frank Schaeffer’s presence is particularly notable. His father, Frances Schaeffer, was a very influential … Continue reading Terrorism In Uganda

That’s the term used by American Christianist Scott Lively to advocate for the new law in Uganda. He now claims to be shocked at any idea that he could endorse the execution of people for homosexuality and appalled by the violence threatened against gays in Uganda during the evangelicals’ anti-gay crusade in Africa. Well, here’s … Continue reading The “Nuclear Bomb” Against Gays

Joel Osteen, who personally doesn't support marriage equality but doesn't preach against it because he doesn't want to "go there," recently gave the opening prayer at the inauguration of Annise Parker, the first openly lesbian mayor of Houston. Unlike much of the gay press, Timothy Kincaid supports the decision: Joel Osteen does not agree with … Continue reading Using Anti-Gay Sparingly

A reader writes: You might want to read this. It's an opinion piece in one of the major Ugandan newspapers and basically shows you the fallacy-ridden argument that has gained so much traction in Uganda against gays within its population. You may be happy that Tom Coburn and Rick Warren are all belatedly distancing themselves … Continue reading The View From Uganda

Another member of the Christianist far right Senator Tom Coburn forthrightly opposes the Uganda bill: “Over the past two decades, political, religious, and community leaders in Uganda have united to promote a rare, winning strategy against HIV that addresses the unique and common risks of every segment of society. Sadly, some who oppose Uganda’s common … Continue reading Tom Coburn: Withdraw The Uganda Law

This Maddow clip has been getting some deserved attention: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Bloomberg reports that the death penalty and life imprisonment may be stripped from the Ugandan bill in favor of forcing gays into “counseling.” Jim Burroway keeps in mind the other sections of the bill. … Continue reading The Latest On Uganda

The far right, including even educational establishments like Patrick Henry College, is now conjuring up visions of an America where the government banishes Christianity or criminalizes its free expression in all its many varieties. A Patrick Henry alum, David Sessions, objects here. It's a brave and nuanced piece. As the Christian right, in the Vatican … Continue reading Gay-Baiting As Fundraising

In direct violation of Catholic doctrine, a leading cardinal has insisted that being gay is a choice and that those who choose to be gay are thereby excluded from God's kingdom. Benedict's church is slowly reversing the reforms of the 1970s that saw gay persons as made in the image of God and inherently not sinful, as long as they remained celibate and lived alone their entire lives. It began with Benedict's own policy of insisting that even celibate gays cannot become priests because they are mentally or psychologically "disordered." The creation of a class of sub-human humans – the early medieval Catholic approach to Jews and sodomites – is making a comeback.

One also notes that the new Ugandan bill that would begin to treat gays as sub-human threats to be identified, informed on, jailed and executed has met no resistance from Pope Benedict XVI. Since the largest religious group in Uganda is Catholic, one has to take Benedict's silence in the face of this proposed Nazi-style law against homosexuals to be consent. The Ugandan Anglican church – closely allied with American Christianists – has this position:

The Anglican Church of Uganda on Nov. 6 issued a press release saying that it is studying the bill and does not yet have an official position on the proposed legislation. However, the release restated the Ugandan church's position that "homosexual behavior is immoral and should not be promoted, supported, or condoned in any way as an 'alternative lifestyle.'"

And AllAfrica.com reported Oct. 29 that the church's provincial secretary told the Monitor newspaper in Kampala, Uganda, that jailing homosexuals was preferable to executing them. "If you kill the people, to whom will the message go? We need to have imprisonment for life if the person is still alive," said the Rev. Canon Aaron Mwesigye, according to the website.

The origin of this law came from American Christianists as much as Ugandans: