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By David Roberts on May 17th, 2013
From director Roger Ross Williams, comes a movie about the devastating effect of the descent of Evangelicals from the West on Uganda. XGW readers will be well familiar with the “Kill the Gays Bill” which came out of interventions in 2009 by a number of US evangelists, including The Pink Swastika author Scott Lively. We […]
By Dave Rattigan on Nov 16th, 2012
Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009 — legislation that could see gays and lesbians punished with life sentences and even execution — has not gone away. Reports suggest it will go before Ugandan Parliament before the end of 2012. The plain facts of the bill have not changed since MP David Bahati first proposed the laws in […]
By David Roberts on Jun 16th, 2012
Two days ago we reported on media reports from Jamaica following a visit there from Exodus board vice chairman Dennis Jernigan. Jamaica is a particularly violent place for gay and lesbians. Jernigan’s visit and statements while there were used in support of their anti-sodomy laws. The US, Great Britain and others are apparently trying to […]
By David Roberts on Jun 14th, 2012
Truth Wins Out reports that the vice chairman of the Exodus board, Dennis Jernigan, may have inserted himself into a Uganda like situation in Jamaica, a place with a virulently anti-gay atmosphere. According to quotes in the Jamaican press, Jernigan claimed he was once gay but no more, and mentioned his marriage. He also disparaged […]
By Dave Rattigan on May 10th, 2011
According to a Parliament of Uganda order paper published today, a second reading of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009 is imminent. The legislation, dubbed the “Kill the Gays” bill, would effectively make homosexuality a capital offence. Related offenses of “promoting” homosexuality could carry the same punishment. While the order paper doesn’t make it certain the reading […]
By Dave Rattigan on Mar 15th, 2011
In an opinion piece for Christianity Today, Timothy Shah absolves American evangelicals from any responsibility for homophobia in Uganda and says the Anti-Homosexuality Bill is “a single legislative stunt by a single low-level politician.” Shah responds to the claim that a 2009 conference stirred up anti-gay sentiments . The agenda of its American organizers, Shah says, […]
By Dave Rattigan on Feb 23rd, 2011
An abstinence group based in Jacksonville, Florida, has ties to the anti-gay Ugandan activist Martin Ssempa, according to a report in the Florida Independent. Project SOS founder Pam Mullarkey is quoted on Ssempa’s website as saying that Ssempa is “the most powerful voice for abstinence in the world and his passion, charisma and character make […]
By David Roberts on Feb 21st, 2011
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F07F722A5387A637[/youtube] Many XGW readers will be familiar with the painful, anti-gay efforts in Uganda, highlighted over the past couple of years by this and other blogs. The reporting has been at times very detailed, and devastating to take in. This was all punctuated by the recent murder of Ugandan gay rights advocate David Kato, and […]
By David Roberts on Sep 3rd, 2010
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVnsU4Mw-1Y[/youtube] Only Comedy Central can really do justice to the absurdity of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill proponent Martin Ssempa. Tosh.0 is one of my favorites. Doing research — where have I heard that one before?
By Dave Rattigan on Jun 22nd, 2010
American evangelical leader Lou Engle has confirmed his support for the leaders who drafted Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009. Engle, whose TheCall conference in Uganda promoted the bill that would spell execution for gays and their supporters, told Sarah Posner of Religion Dispatches that he was in favor of “the principle of a nation … restraining […]