The U.S. Christian Right and the Attack on Gays in Africa

By Kapya Kaoma

For two days in early March 2009, Ugandans flocked to the Kampala Triangle Hotel for the Family Life Network's "Seminar on Exposing the Homosexuals' Agenda." The seminar's very title revealed its claim: LGBT people and activists are engaged in a well thought-out plan to take over the world. Read more...

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A groundbreaking investigation by Political Research Associates (PRA) discovered that sexual minorities in Africa have become collateral damage to our domestic conflicts and culture wars. U.S. conservative evangelicals and those opposing gay pastors and bishops within mainline Protestant denominations woo Africans in their American fight. Read more...

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• NEW: Reps decry antigay bill, Bay Area Reporter
• NEW: Gay reps. hold hearing on Uganda, The Advocate
• NEW: U.S. commission to hold hearing on anti-gay Uganda bill, DC Agenda
• NEW: PRA's Rev. Kapya Kaoma debates with Scott Lively on his influence in Uganda antigay bill on CBC's "The Current"
• NEW: Americans' role seen in Uganda antigay push, New York Times
• NEW: Antigay bill inspired by American pastors, "The Observers" on France24
• NEW: U.S. Christian Right behind drive to pass Ugandan bill, interview with PRA's Executive Director Tarso Ramos and Project Director Rev. Kapya Kaoma on "Between the Lines" radio program (MP3 Audio)
• NEW: What took you so long? Rick Warren does the right thing, Newsweek
• NEW: Welton Gaddy and PRA's Rev. Kapya Kaoma discuss U.S. religious conservatives' role in Ugandan antigay legislation on "State of Belief" radio program
• NEW: Africans suffer from ‘collateral damage’ in US culture clash, Church Times
• Uganda to drop death penalty from antigay legislation
• Rick Warren addresses Ugandan pastors, denounces antigay legislation
• Uganda's antigay bill: inspired by the U.S., TIME Magazine
• Rev. Kapya Kaoma speaks with Rachel Maddow about U.S. conservatives' influence on Uganda's antigay law
• PRA at the United Nations: PRESS RELEASE Landmark Meeting Denounces Rights Abuses Based on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity
• The U.S. Christian Right and the Attack on Gays in Africa, Public Eye Kapya Kaoma
• Opinion by Kapya Kaoma: Rick Warren should denounce Uganda's anti-gay legislation, Global Post

Watch PRA's Kapya Kaoma on The Rachel Maddow Show. The two discuss U.S. involvement in Uganda's antigay legislation

Exporting Homophobia to Africa
Key Players

Profile: Rick Warren	Profile: Scott Lively
Quotes: Antigay statements	Quotes: Uganda antigay conference excerpts

Uganda Antigay Bill
Click here for an updated version of pending legislation in Uganda that criminalizes homosexuality.

Videos
Excerpts from video documentation at the March 3rd trough 9th 2009 antigay conference in Uganda.

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