This particular bit of news has been covered in the past by a few pro-lgbt blogs. But as the furor over the Ugandan anti-gay bill grows (and it should), it's worth remembering.
Anti-gay activist Scott Lively is busy trying to extricate himself from the situation which he helped create in Uganda regarding that anti-gay bill.
It was Lively who was one of the Americans who spoke in Uganda about the so-called "dangers of homosexuality" during a conference last year. The bill was introduced several months after this conference.
Now as the furor gets larger, Lively is trying to duck the much deserved blame due his way. He told ABC News in a recent news cast that he never saw the bill coming and he would support it if the death penalty portion was dropped.
But according to the words on his own web page, The Pro-Family Resource of Abiding Truth Ministries (for the sake of modesty, I will refrain from editorial comments about the words "pro-family"), Lively has been advocating laws against homosexuality as far back as 2007.
In a 2007 piece entitled Letter to the Russian People, Lively had this to say:
. . . criminalize the public advocacy of homosexuality. My philosophy is to leave homosexuals alone if they keep their lifestyle private, and not to force them into therapy if they don't want it. However, homosexuality is destructive to individuals and to society and it should never publicly promoted. The easiest way to discourage gay pride parades and other homosexual advocacy is to make such activity illegal in the interest of public health and morality.
So Lively makes it a point to tour foreign countries, tell a bunch of lies about gays and lesbians, and advocate laws against homosexuality.
But then when one country follows suit, he claims that he never saw it coming.
Why don't you tell me the one about the Easter Bunny next?
I don't think anyone with a modicum of sense believes that Lively didn't see Uganda's reaction to his conference coming. If he were a real Christian, he would be truthful about his responsibility in the creation of that awful bill.
And for the sake of modesty, I will also refrain from editorial comments regarding Lively's alleged Christianity.
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Some high-profile pastors and religious leaders in the United States used their influence to pressure Ugandan religious and political leaders to criminalize homosexual behavior and make an example of the Malawian gay couple.
No, who could possibly see Uganda taking such contempt to the extreme. Scott Lively is typical of Conservative cowards who incite hatred through their lies and deception but then absolve themselves of any responsibility from the consequences of their words.
The most destructive force to individuals and to society is Conservative Evangelicals who warp the Christian values of tolerance and equality into a twisted faith based on hatred and divisiveness.
Persecution of of gays/lesbians is currently acceptable in society; however, we really need to look beneath the veneer of these "Christians" who so rabidly hate the gay community to see what lies beneath - hatred is not a switch that's easily turned off and on. When you're capable of such disdain for one group, what about other who you consider "different". Scratch the surface of these homophobes and you're sure to find racists, anti-Semites and the like.