Colorado abstinence program with ties to anti-gay groups, Martin Ssempa, receives millions in federa

[Shallah Kali]

http://coloradoindependent.com/65011/colorado-abstinence-program-with-ties-to-anti-gay-groups-ugandan-pastor-receives-millions-in-federal-funds


Colorado-based abstinence education group WAIT Training has received more than $8.3 million in federal funding since 2005, despite having several brushes with political controversy, including being cited in a Congressional report for misrepresenting the spread of HIV, having ties with a controversial leader of Uganda’s virulent anti-gay movement, and having given tens of thousands of its grant money to a right-wing anti-gay group.

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Critics of ACF have charged that the federal agency suffers from poor oversight and a lack of transparency, and have raised questions about its repeated funding of religious groups that engage in far-right and often anti-gay political activities.

WAIT was one of several U.S. organizations that promoted Martin Ssempa, the outspoken Ugandan pastor supporting the Anti-Homosexuality Bill in Uganda. The bill has become known as the Kill the Gays Bill, as one of its provisions is the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality.”

WAIT also gave some of its federal money during the 2007-08 fiscal year to the Rocky Mountain Family Council — an affiliate of the anti-gay Family Research Council and Focus on the Family — to conduct its marriage mentorship training events statewide.