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Anyone else see the most recent episode of VICE on HBO about the Ugandan anti-gay laws? (Original Post) truebrit71 May 2015 OP
But not related to religion AT ALL! trotsky May 2015 #1
Not in the slightest... truebrit71 May 2015 #3
Thanks for the heads up.. mountain grammy May 2015 #2
It was horrifying. Warren Stupidity May 2015 #4
We're not even allowed to be honest here in other groups about this. trotsky May 2015 #5
I wasn't sure if that was fear or disgust on her face as the conversation went on... truebrit71 May 2015 #6
Rape... Curmudgeoness May 2015 #7
Behind the Aegis posted about it LostOne4Ever May 2015 #8
Not surprising that it would drop in the religion forum... truebrit71 May 2015 #9
Behind! BEHIND! Behind the Aegis May 2015 #12
Sorry, I blame dyslexia >.> LostOne4Ever May 2015 #13
You are in good company...mostly. Behind the Aegis May 2015 #14
I do not have HBO on my cable... William King May 2015 #10
I watched this tonight.. very scary. mountain grammy May 2015 #11
 

truebrit71

(20,805 posts)
3. Not in the slightest...
Fri May 22, 2015, 11:22 AM
May 2015

Except for the white, "christian" preachers egging them on....Oh...and a well-known US Senator as well...

 

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)
4. It was horrifying.
Fri May 22, 2015, 11:36 AM
May 2015

The interview the woman reporter did with the people who matter of factly told her they rape lesbians to de-gay them and kill male homosexuals was chilling. She couldn't get out of that situation fast enough, and for me as a viewer my discomfort level was so high I could barely keep watching it. I cannot imagine how she felt.

trotsky

(49,533 posts)
5. We're not even allowed to be honest here in other groups about this.
Fri May 22, 2015, 12:35 PM
May 2015

These people are OBVIOUSLY convinced that homosexuality goes against their god's will. Just as convinced as liberal believers are that neglecting to take care of the poor is against THEIR god's will.

No, somehow the only way to discuss this and not be shouted down as an "anti-theist bigot" is to instead say that the former group isn't really religious at all, that they hate gay people because they want their land, or because they are political foes, or some such obnoxious whitewashing garbage. Or hey, I guess it would also be acceptable to say that the gay people "offended" the believers and therefore deserve to be attacked, right?

 

truebrit71

(20,805 posts)
6. I wasn't sure if that was fear or disgust on her face as the conversation went on...
Fri May 22, 2015, 12:45 PM
May 2015

More than a little of both I'd bet...

How christ-like of them to rape women that don't conform to their religion's idea of what a woman should do...

The mindless parroting of that hatred by the school kids was awful as well...

I only wish there was a hell so that the people that poison the minds of the young and innocent, and condone and encourage the rape and murder of homosexuals would get to burn in the flames they thought were for someone else...

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
7. Rape...
Fri May 22, 2015, 01:39 PM
May 2015

an excellent way to convince a woman who doesn't want to have sex with men that having sex with men is good.

I also wish that there was a hell.....for so many reasons.

LostOne4Ever

(9,597 posts)
8. Behind the Aegis posted about it
Fri May 22, 2015, 02:44 PM
May 2015

Last edited Sun May 24, 2015, 02:53 AM - Edit history (1)

[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=teal]In religion, LGBT(Q), and in here.

We gave it a little more love but it still sank pretty fast.[/font]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/123042058

 

truebrit71

(20,805 posts)
9. Not surprising that it would drop in the religion forum...
Fri May 22, 2015, 02:47 PM
May 2015

...the faithful hate to see how religion really works in some parts of the world...

Behind the Aegis

(54,863 posts)
12. Behind! BEHIND!
Sun May 24, 2015, 01:16 AM
May 2015

LOL!

So many people call me "beyond" instead of "behind the aegis" I am starting to think I got the wrong name! LOL!

I know I shouldn't be so negative, but I really think many here don't give a shit about LGBT issues, especially when they are for foreigners, unless it interferes or intersects with a topic of their interest. Just so you know, I appreciate your participation in those threads as well as posting LGBT issues!! It has been noticed!

LostOne4Ever

(9,597 posts)
13. Sorry, I blame dyslexia >.>
Sun May 24, 2015, 02:53 AM
May 2015

[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=teal]Thanks for the compliment.

Although, honestly, I can't say that my interest in LGBTQ issues are entirely without a bit self interest.[/font]

 

William King

(42 posts)
10. I do not have HBO on my cable...
Fri May 22, 2015, 06:42 PM
May 2015

...but I saw that posted vid of the documentary. It disgusted me too. The Dominionists have been hard at work at exporting their agenda overseas:

(from Jan. 24, 2014) "Earlier this week, The New York Times posted an excerpt from a new Roger Ross Williams documentary on how the Religious Right in the U.S. is shaping anti-gay activism in African countries like Uganda. The documentary includes interviews with International House of Prayer (IHOP) leaders Lou Engle and Mike Bickle, whom we have followed closely here at Right Wing Watch, along with footage of IHOP missionaries at work in Uganda...Engle organizes the anti-choice and anti-gay The Call rallies, which regularly feature Republican and Religious Right leaders. In 2010, he brought The Call to Uganda to help promote the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which would have made homosexuality a capital offense. (He later backpedaled after facing scrutiny.) IHOP, including many The Call figures, helped to organize Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s 2011 The Response prayer rally, which Bickle emceed." -- Right Wing Watch http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/new-york-times-investigates-relationship-between-american-dominionists-and-uganda

We not only have to worry about the Dominionist threat here in America, but around the world too.

mountain grammy

(27,281 posts)
11. I watched this tonight.. very scary.
Sat May 23, 2015, 11:24 PM
May 2015

Was glad to see the interview with Jeff Sharlet. I read "The Family" a few years ago. Uganda had it's own chapter.

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