Vanguard | May 26, 2010 | 14 comments

Uganda Is a Christian Nation: Missionaries of Hate, Pt. 2

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Uganda is almost 90 percent Christian, and American evangelicals such as Rick Warren, Benny Hinn and Joyce Meyer are hugely popular. An American-led conference in March 2009 promoted the idea of a "gay agenda" and may have introduced Ugandan religious and political leaders to many of the anti-gay ideas that are now widely held. Mariana interviews David Bahati, the member of Uganda's parliament who introduced the anti-gay bill, and Pastor Martin Ssempa, who is angry that Rick Warren has condemned the proposed law.

In "Missionaries of Hate," correspondent Mariana van Zeller travels to Uganda, where many question whether the growing influence of American religious groups has led to a movement to make homosexuality a crime punishable by death.

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14 comments // Uganda Is a Christian Nation: Missionaries of Hate, Pt. 2

  • Bildad
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      Bildad  

    • Somebody's been drinkin' the kool-aid. The Christians don't hate homosexuals (hate is what you see in the comments here about Christians). We hate our own heterosexual sin, homosexual sin and all sin as it violates God's holiness. Even nature teaches us that homosexuality doesn't work, the parts don't fit correctly.
      Secondly, There's a difference between God's moral laws and the Dietary laws (which were rescinded in the New Testament). And Thirdly, remember that Uganda is the only African country that is winning the battle with AIDS.

    • 1 year ago
  • dariusvons
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      dariusvons  

    • the bible also say's that we're not to eat animals of the cloven hoof (rabbits)... why are there no mass religious movements to punnish people who eat rabbits? what's the hang up on homosexualisty?

    • 1 year ago
  • randallr01
  • dariusvons
  • MoonLoon
  • dariusvons
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      dariusvons  
    • MoonLoon:

      so then you're saying they pick and choose which parts of the bible to follow. why choose to follow the parts that say men who lay with men as if they were women is a sin, and NOT choose to follow the parts that say we're all gods children and that only the truely pure (without sin) can judge others?

    • 1 year ago
  • dariusvons
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      dariusvons  

    • "looking for other people to prey upon"... ha ha ha, he doesn't even see that he's doing the same thing the "sinners" are doing...

    • 1 year ago
  • Terri_Adams1
  • dino720
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      dino720  

    • This is the most absurd junk I've ever heard! What is with people seeking to control another person's sexual desires. Those desires belong to the person that harbors them this should not ever be mistaken. No matter how religious you are, your religion will never make a lesbian attracted to a man or gay man attracted to a woman. This has nothing to do with children at all!

    • 1 year ago
  • Totipo
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      Totipo  
    • dino720:

      The problem with the missing children isn't due to the homosexual population. It's from voodoo doctors/witches abducting them for sacrifices. Its a real problem around the Lira area. They use the children's organs for spells and its normally the wealthy people that are hiring them.

    • 1 year ago
  • Jony_Nieves
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      Jony_Nieves  

    • Ugandans wont take this shit forever. The homosexuals will become violent from being pushed to far, and then a true problem will arise.

    • 1 year ago
  • randallr01
  • randallr01
  • Totipo
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      Totipo  

    • I was in Lira and Kampala, Uganda in Feb 2009 and I never heard anything about this. Then I went again in Feb of 2010 and it was all I heard about. The idea that the American evangelicals have nothing to do with this anti-gay bill is ridiculious.

    • 2 years ago

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