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Report: US Christian right presses anti-gay, anti-abortion laws using front offices in Africa - The Washington Post
Christian Evangelicals like Scott Lively are the ones responsible for the anti-gay bill in Uganda and the violence that has erupted there against gays. They push arguments like "gays are out to molest children and destroy families" and "all the Nazis were homosexuals". It isn't a surprise when you are a bunch of liars, distorting and twisting a religion to fit your hatred and bigotry towards a group of people that you would resort to lies and deception to push your views on people in countries that lack educational resources. What surprises me is that decent Christians are not condemning this kind of behavior.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Conservative U.S. Christian groups are setting up fronts in Africa to fight for anti-gay and anti-abortion legislation to promote their convictions, a report by a Boston-based think tank said Tuesday.
It accuses evangelical stars such as Pat Robertson and Rick Warren as well as Catholic and Mormon groups of setting up institutions and campaigns in Africa that are “fanning the flames of the culture wars over homosexuality and abortion by backing prominent African campaigners and political leaders.”
The report — “Colonizing African Values: How the U.S. Christian Right is Transforming Sexual Politics in Africa” — was presented by the Political Research Associates of Boston, a think tank that describes itself as “progressive” and focusing on what it calls attacks on civil liberties by the political and Christian right.
Christian Evangelicals like Scott Lively are the ones responsible for the anti-gay bill in Uganda and the violence that has erupted there against gays. They push arguments like "gays are out to molest children and destroy families" and "all the Nazis were homosexuals". It isn't a surprise when you are a bunch of liars, distorting and twisting a religion to fit your hatred and bigotry towards a group of people that you would resort to lies and deception to push your views on people in countries that lack educational resources. What surprises me is that decent Christians are not condemning this kind of behavior.