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http://www.advocate.com/news/world-news/2013/08/15/scott-lively-will-be-tried-fueling-antigay-persecution-uganda
He has already implicated himself by saying he influenced Putin's homophobic laws.
The world needs this sort of ruling to place religious bigotry in its proper place. He has gone beyond free speech to attempts to create genocidal laws. If he had helped Hitler write the Final Solution at the Wannsee Conference, he would've been guilty of genocide in that instance too, even if he didn't stick around for the law to be implemented.
Lively became known as a prominent spokesman for the OCA during its bruising campaigns, and he was earning a reputation for belligerence, as well. In a 1991 incident, he allegedly threw lesbian photographer Catherine Stauffer against a wall at a screening of an OCA video and then dragged her out of the room by her hair. She sued both Lively and the OCA, and a jury ruled that Lively used unreasonable force and awarded Stauffer $30,000.
...Lively stated in a program that had aired...on public access television that "Homosexuals created the Nazi Party, and everything that we think about when we think about Nazis actually comes from the minds and perverted ideas of homosexuals." Gay men, Lively continued in the program, "were the foundation of the Nazi Party."
he states that he has "come to discover, through various leads, a dark and powerful homosexual presence in other historical periods: the Spanish Inquisition, the French “Reign of Terror,” the era of South African apartheid, and the two centuries of American slavery. … I have come to believe … that homosexuality has truly been a ‘poisoned stream’ in human history." This theory has fueled much of Lively's activism since his days with the OCA.
http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-files/profiles/scott-livelyThat last bit... finding homosexuals as the driving force behind racism against Africans and Jews, is to reach out to religious fundamentalists from those groups and spokespersons, like Alveda King - who is about the opposite of her aunt, Coretta. An orthodox Jewish guy is along for the religious fun and games too. This is a political/religious caucus Lively is going for. He is actively campaigning to create laws that promote genocide.
Someone's religious beliefs do not entitle anyone to lobby for murder because their religion is so sexist - b/c, really, this comes down to re-creating the "male is the head of the family" male supremacy culture of the monotheist religions. It's about power and the fear of losing a narrative about gender.
I have never, ever understood this whole fear from religious people - they make so many accommodations for themselves in life, but they can't extend that to others who don't share their opinion or orientation. I never cared if homosexuality was genetic or not because I never thought anyone had to defend him or herself for being homosexual. It did not hurt me in any way for anyone else to have a sex life that was appropriate for them, if they wanted to experiment, etc. etc. why should I be morally offended by that????????? - and I would expect others would extend that same courtesy to me. But I am part of a group (females) who were and are still viewed through a lens of myth that is a historical vision - from views about females to views about people from other continents. All second-class or not good enough for full human rights.
That's the reality that is changing. And it's a good thing.
Legal means to ostracize particular beliefs that infringe upon the rights of others is necessary to marginalize this last gasp of white christian male privilege to create the laws that empower them.
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