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Related: About this forumHillary, ‘The Family,’ and Uganda’s Anti-Gay Christian Mafia
The evangelical organization that describes itself as a Christian mafia has been the hidden hand behind Ugandas anti-gay bill, along with Rick Warren, the gay-bashing pastor who presided at Obamas first inauguration.The President of Uganda has just signed into law extreme anti-gay legislation. In addition to imprisoning anyone who counsels or reaches out to the gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender community in Uganda, the law establishes a crime of aggravated homosexuality which include acts where one person is infected with HIV, serial offenders, and sex with minors. Aggravated homosexuality is punished with life in prison. A previous version of the law, amended after worldwide protests, proscribed the death penalty.
The legislation was written and promoted by David Bahati, a member of the Ugandan Parliament. According to scholar and writer Jeff Sharlet, Bahatiwho has said he wants to kill every last gay person is a core member of a secretive network of American evangelical Christians called The Family. The Family sees its aggressive, worldwide evangelism embodied in the saying, Jesus didnt come to take sides; he came to take over. The organization has also referred to itselfproudlyas the Christian Mafia. For over 75 years, its goal has been the consecration of America to God. But facing defeat in the American culture wars, The Family and its ilk looked elsewhereincluding to Uganda.
The Family organizes the National Prayer Breakfast in the U.S. Bahati organized the Ugandan National Prayer Breakfastas well as overseeing a student leadership program in Uganda to which The Family has contributed millions of dollars. According to documents about The Familys work in Africa, the organizations strategy is a Congressman and/or Senator from the United States will befriend the leader of another country and tell him/her how Jesus and His teachings will help his country and its poor and to teach them how to live, what to think and what to say. Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) is The Familys missionary in Uganda.
Sen. Inhofe has traveled to Africa at least 20 times since 1999, at a cost of at least $187,000 to taxpayers (not including the cost of military aircraft) for what the Senator described as a Jesus thing. In Uganda, Inhofe attended Bahatis Ugandan prayer breakfasts and invited Bahati to the United States three times. Inhofe, who once boasted of being proud that there was not a single gay relationship in the recorded history of our family, also boasted that he adopted Uganda. And yet Sen. Inhofe has denied knowing Bahati and, eventually, reluctantly, condemned the countrys anti-gay law.
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/02/25/obama-the-family-and-uganda-s-anti-gay-christian-mafia.html
RKP5637
(67,030 posts)DURHAM D
(32,595 posts)The link is to obama the family and uganda but thebeast screwed up the headline.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)The url says Obama, but the article headline matches the OP subject line.
I thought the pic they uses was interesting.
DURHAM D
(32,595 posts)and it has just a little more about Obama and Rick Warren. Regardless, the snark about them was off point and they should have stuck with The Family current members. Obviously the writer has an agenda and he stepped on his own story trying to get a Democrat trashing headline out of it.
I saw that picture yesterday. Yes it is interesting.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)where the Uganda religious gay-hate "Leaders" - were trained to hate - in America.
Instead, all this kind of 'media' will do is pile on Mrs. Clinton as much crap and trash as they can.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)And Clinton is in real tight with that bunch. Scary!
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)You think those 'prayer meetings' would continue?
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)Will the poutrage not end until you all get a fabulous pink pony?
Both things were said to LGBT DUers who objected to Rick Warren. 'He's America's Minister' was another.