Rachel Maddow and Jeff Sharlet discuss the pending anti-gay bill in Uganda
(video: The Rachel Maddow Show)
The author of The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power, Jeff Sharlet, and MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow dig into the connections between Ugandan officials who are poised to imprison and exterminate the country’s gays and lesbians and our own homegrown, gay-hating fundamentalist christianists. Front and center, to nobody’s surprise, is the purpose-driven, pop-pastor, and friend of the President, Rick Warren.
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the word “exterminate” popped out at me when i read it! that is exactly what this is; we’ve seen it before and still haven’t learned. so sad…
Why aren’t Bono & Co and the rest of us up at Saddleback Church – surely a bmore effective way to save more lives than the “RED” swanky bling campaign. This is shameful and disgusting. Nazi style “get out and kill them” by armchair leaders is far from over. Very disturbing.
Exodus International, the so-called ex-gay conversion-therapy group that was represented in Uganda by one of its board members, Don Schmierer, will be holding a training session at Jim Garlow’s Skyline Church in La Mesa (San Diego are) on 27 January. A protest is in the planning stages. Check back for additional details.