Uganda announces a ‘KILL ALL GAYS’ law !
Uganda has officially announced its plan for a bill that is said to impose the death penalty on all homosexuals in the African region.
"The Family" is behind Uganda’s anti-gay bill and has American ties with Rick Warren, Congress, and Fortune 500 CEOs.
The “Kill All Gays” bill is not a joke, the bill was proposed in Uganda earlier this month with the purpose of actually giving gay Ugandans the death penalty for being gay. Politicians in Uganda has publicly expressed that “the legislation would curb a rise in unnatural sex in the East African nation” and “Homosexuality is not natural to Ugandans, but there has been a massive recruitment by gay people in schools, and especially among the youth, where they are promoting the falsehood that people are born like that.”
The bill was supposed to be up and running five years ago but was cancelled. Government officials have officially announced that the bill will be up and running shortly. Grave acts according to Ugandan officials will now result in a full-on death penalty and the bill is supported by President Yoweri Museveni with final voting for the law happening by the end of the year.
Hundreds of LGBT+ people have been forced to flee the country as refugees and more will follow if this law stands trial. Three gay men and one transgender woman have been killed in homophobic attacks in Uganda so far this year – the most recent attack happened just last week when a gay man was bludgeoned to death.
Rick Warren, who has personally said gay marriage is “equivalent” to incest, pedophilia and polygamy and said that gay people are “evil” and have “Christ-o-phobia,” after significant pressure eventually severed ties with Ssempa and spoke out against Uganda’s anti-gay law.
In 2008, presidential candidate Barack Obama appeared in a forum hosted by Warren at Saddleback Church, in which Obama denounced marriage equality. Obama also said, “I love the ministries that are taking place here at Saddleback.” After his election, President Obama sparked outrage when he invited Rick Warren to deliver the convocation at his first inauguration. Last week, President Obama released a statement opposing the Uganda bill.
Dozens of members of Congress, several Fortune 500 CEOs, generals and at least one Supreme Court Justice are members of “The Family,” the right-wing evangelical mission supporting Bahati as well as Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni. Sen. John Ensign (R-NV), Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) among others have lived in what’s known as “C Street,” The Family’s subsidized lodging in Washington, DC.
Hillary Clinton has been active with Family prayer groups since she was First Lady. In her memoir, Living History, Clinton described The Family leader Doug Coe as “a unique presence in Washington: a genuinely loving spiritual mentor and guide to anyone, regardless of party or faith, who wants to deepen his or her relationship with God.”
When the anti-gay legislation was first introduced in Uganda, the New York Times wrote, “You can’t preach hate and not accept responsibility for the way that hate is manifested.” James Inhofe and Rick Warren not only preached anti-gay hatred with their own words but wrapped their political and institutional arms around David Bahati and Martin Ssempa and others who have taken hatred to its ugly, but foreseeable, conclusion in Uganda. Inhofe and Warren are responsible for the way that hate is manifested. Moreover, American political figures who have proudly associated with The Family and with Rick Warren are culpable as well. They cannot feign ignorance at the end of a journey that was ugly all along.
Uganda’s anti-gay law is not just an international disgrace. It is an American disgrace. And the American religious and political figures who played a role in spreading vicious homophobia in Uganda, whether actively or by turning a blind eye, should do more than just denounce the country’s law. They should denounce their own role in facilitating it.
The LGBT group SMUG (Sexual Minorities Uganda) works towards helping and saving gay identities in Uganda, visit their site and donate today, so they don’t have to fight this war alone.
Sally Kohn
https://sexualminoritiesuganda.com/
