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Behind the Aegis

(54,854 posts) Sat May 16, 2015, 01:39 AM May 2015

Exporting religious homophobia to Uganda on this week's "VICE".

The first segment is about the anti-gay agenda in Uganda. It is frightening. It specifically includes the ties to American's exporting their religious bigotry.

Here is a sneak peek:

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Exporting religious homophobia to Uganda on this week's "VICE". (Original Post) Behind the Aegis May 2015 OP

The very funny play "Book of Mormon" mountain grammy May 2015 #1

Rick Warren & Scott Lively tried to erase their role. onager May 2015 #2

Thanks for posting this. beam me up scottie May 2015 #3

"repulsed and sick to my stomach". progressoid May 2015 #4

That was pretty awful. Warren Stupidity May 2015 #5

Precisely. trotsky May 2015 #6

mountain grammy

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1. The very funny play "Book of Mormon"

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Original post)

Sat May 16, 2015, 08:07 AM

May 2015

follows Mormon missionaries in Uganda. While the play is hysterical, what Christian missionaries have done to Africa isn't. Of course, many were motivated by service and did good things for people of Africa, but, like most religions, they didn't respect the beliefs of the native people. To be sure, some ancient beliefs are destructive and education usually corrects that, but the missionaries often replace bad old traditions with bad new traditions.
"The Family" by Jeff Sharlet, devotes a chapter to Uganda and how the good Christians have created an atmosphere of fear and hate towards LGBT people.

onager

(9,356 posts)

2. Rick Warren & Scott Lively tried to erase their role.

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Original post)

Sat May 16, 2015, 12:28 PM

May 2015

With great success, according to this article. Warren has pretty much re-invented himself as a "moderate," even though he and Lively were very much involved in that Ugandan law.

http://www.politicalresearch.org/2014/03/06/scott-lively-rick-warren-the-pr-campaign-to-whitewash-the-rights-anti-gay-uganda-history/#

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)

3. Thanks for posting this.

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Original post)

Sat May 16, 2015, 04:11 PM

May 2015

I don't get HBO but found this info on BBC:

Uganda planning new anti-gay law despite opposition
10 November 2014

Uganda plans to introduce a new anti-gay law that will withstand any legal challenge, a government minister has told the BBC.

It will not explicitly refer to homosexuality, but will rely on the penal code which prescribes a life sentence for "unnatural acts", he said.

Activists say the plan is more draconian than anti-gay legislation annulled by the courts in August.

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'Language twisted'

The minister, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the proposed legislation will be a streamlined version of the annulled Anti-Homosexuality Act.

It will clarify what constitutes the promotion and funding of "unnatural" acts, he said.

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Gay-rights activist Frank Mugisha said a leaked copy of the bill suggested that it would be harsher than the previous legislation.

"They have just twisted the language but it is the same thing. It's actually worse because the 'promotion' part is harsher and it will punish the funding of LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender] and human rights groups," Mr Mugisha was quoted by the UK's Guardian newspaper as saying

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29994678

Does anyone know the status of this new legislation?