One country isn't enough for these fundies.

They think they are on "a mission from God," but they are just spreading hate to make themselves feel superior by demonizing others.


https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/uganda-anti-lgbtq-bill-rcna76630


In condemning a law the Uganda Parliament just passed that imposes life imprisonment for gay sex, the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality” and makes it a crime to even identify as LGBTQ, the White House this week called the measure from the East African nation “one of the most extreme” anti-LGBTQ laws in the world and said that “no one should be attacked, imprisoned or killed simply because of who they are or who they love.” Uganda President Yoweri Mouseveni is expected to sign the bill into law. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Wednesday “there might be repercussions that we would have to take.”


American evangelical missionaries arrived in Uganda in the 1980s. They built medical clinics and schools as part of a strategic effort to prompt a religious revival in the developing world. The 1980s also marked the start of the AIDS epidemic that, at its peak, ended up infecting 30% of pregnant women in Uganda and 20% of adults across the continent. That epidemic also orphaned 34 million children across the continent. Missionaries in Uganda quickly adopted America’s virulent homophobia to preach against what they argued was deviant sexual behavior.

Widespread evangelical influence made Uganda a test case for a broader social agenda. According to a publication from The Borgen Project, which advocates for the eradication of global poverty, by 2014 evangelical nongovernmental organizations accounted for 20% of all nonprofit groups in Uganda and held $2 billion in wealth. That’s a lot of power in a country where nearly 25% of people live on $1.20 a day. Similar to the tax-free status of their churches in the United States, the American evangelical offshoots in Uganda receive special government considerations and priority grant status. Meanwhile, secular NGOs that receive government funding are prohibited by Ugandan law from engaging in any advocacy or political activity.

American church leaders have also had a direct hand in Uganda’s criminalization of LGBTQ people. The PBS documentary “God Loves Uganda” features Scott Lively, a religious personality who blames homosexuals for the Holocaust, and follows his celebrity rise in East Africa. In that documentary, we see Lively appearing on talk shows and addressing the Ugandan Parliament in favor of the 2009 version of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill.

My understanding is that unlike the U.S., AIDS in Africa has mainly been a heterosexual phenomenon. Men chronically cheat on their wives, and bring HIV home to their wives and unborn children. I would love to see aid programs that focus on empowering women.

As for the Christian fundies, they are doing there what they *wish* they could do here.

There is an excellent book on the subject called "The River". The book's main focus was on the theory on how aids started but it gives an excellent description on how it was spread in Africa. And yes, it was a heterosexual disease.

One of the main participants in the debacle is our own soon-to-be prophet:

https://assets2.hrc.org/files/assets/resources/WorldCongressOfFamilies.pdf

Sleep well tonight.