Mariana van Zeller on the Death of Ugandan Gay-Rights Activist David Kato

To label ALL Christians as "Missionaries of Hate" was not something I expected from Mariana, since I had seen her previous reports on other matters. However it makes sense that Mariana would attach this title to this report since Al Gore, a liberal (I refuse to use the term "progressive"), was one of the founders of Current. Keith Olbermann is not exactly a tolerant and open minded person, as liberals like to call themselves (ask Sarah Palin what she thinks of Keith calling her a MILF), but I digress. This is a dishonest and biased report. I was being impressed by Mariana's reports but I guess I'm guilty of judging the book by its covers. She's fluent in several languages and also speaks some Arabic, if Wikipedia is correct on their posting. Would Mariana be willing to learn Hebrew or is she against "Zionists", also?

Its a sad day for Africa when we allow American Evangilists the opportunity to destroy our society. My heart goes out to Kato and those that loved and still love him. If the Ugandan government allows influence from outside their own country dictate their laws its even sadder for Africa. Obviosly there wont be a major investigation into this mans death. America should arrest and imprison the Evalgelical radical Americans for inciting violance and hatered in a foreign land. Shame on Uganda and shame of the American government for allowing their citizens to incite hatred. A very sad time indeed.

The documentary was so disturbing to me. I am a gay man. When the minister in the documentary propagandizes those people by showing them a scene from a bizarre gay fetish video, as if that is the norm for gay people, that was very upsetting. I have never done that nor do any of my gay friends engage in that. That is an exception, not the rule. But....I was once working on a film on location. In the mens bathroom someone had posted a still from a heterosexual fetish video with a man and a woman engaging in the same activity described in the gay video by the evangelical minister in the documentary. However, it is still none of our business what people do in private as long as no one is getting hurt. I worry about homosexual people in Uganda. They are being demonized as the Nazi's did to the Jews in Europe before WWII.

Yes, the climate of hatred against gays in Africa is disturbing, but who brought it there? The infectious virus of hate was imported into Africa by American Evangelical Christians, some of whom have friends in high places or are themselves in high places (See the C Street 'Family'). When you put idiotic unfounded religious beliefs into politics, it's bad enough. But to cynically take advantage of a less educated, more violent and economically under-privileged culture in an effort to force your world view upon the world is much worse than cruel, it's a call for genocide and the blood will forever be on the hands of every single American whose money, time and support goes to Evangelical Christianity.

Tell me again, you parade of assholes, how there's no harm in religious beliefs.

The climate of hatred against gays in Africa is so disturbing... I'm very sad to hear of David Kato's death, and even sadder to know that it was motivated by homophobia.