Uganda and one of those three evangelicals
A few more details on American Evangelicals’ influence in shaping Uganda’s anti-gay bill have come out, or better to say some connections have been made.
For three days, according to participants and audio recordings, thousands of Ugandans, including police officers, teachers and national politicians, listened raptly to the Americans, who were presented as experts on homosexuality. The visitors discussed how to make gay people straight, how gay men often sodomized teenage boys and how “the gay movement is an evil institution” whose goal is “to defeat the marriage-based society and replace it with a culture of sexual promiscuity.”
Now the three Americans are finding themselves on the defensive, saying they had no intention of helping stoke the kind of anger that could lead to what came next: a bill to impose a death sentence for homosexual behavior.
I have a small verdict to make here. I don’t know if the “Exodus” man is being truthful or not…
“I feel duped,” Mr. Schmierer said, arguing that he had been invited to speak on “parenting skills” for families with gay children. He acknowledged telling audiences how homosexuals could be converted into heterosexuals, but he said he had no idea some Ugandans were contemplating the death penalty for homosexuality.
“That’s horrible, absolutely horrible,” he said. “Some of the nicest people I have ever met are gay people.”
Shocked, I’m sure, that his compassionate “Gays can become Straight” message is part of a further program toward a Death Penalty. Perhaps, but I do know the name of this next fellow, and I know he is lying.
Mr. Lively and Mr. Brundidge have made similar remarks in interviews or statements issued by their organizations. But the Ugandan organizers of the conference admit helping draft the bill, and Mr. Lively has acknowledged meeting with Ugandan lawmakers to discuss it. He even wrote on his blog in March that someone had likened their campaign to “a nuclear bomb against the gay agenda in Uganda.” Later, when confronted with criticism, Mr. Lively said he was very disappointed that the legislation was so harsh.
Scott Lively. By now The “Oregon Citizens Alliance” has been shoved aside for a friendlier “pro Marriage” front of less strident bigotry. But I recognize the name Scott Lively as the author of a book claiming the German Nazi Party as part of the Homosexual Agenda.
He was a man with a plan.