You might have noticed Mike Huckabee in the news this week. He’s on a book tour traveling around the country. He’s making waves about running for President again in 2012. And he’s chiding the media for paying too much attention to Sarah Palin, when he’s got socially conservative values just as deep as she does.
Here’s something Mike Huckabee also has: a best buddy who wants to see LGBT people killed or imprisoned for life in Uganda. And as recently as August 2010, Huckabee praised the work of this friend, a man named Rev. Lou Engle, who has made campaigning for the elimination of LGBT rights a central component of his life’s work.

Blogger Waymon Hudson noted that in May of this year, Rev. Lou Engle traveled to Uganda and spoke at a rally where calls for violence toward the LGBT community were fast and furious. Rev. Engle got on stage at this rally, and according to one witness, told 1,300 demonstrators that homosexuality was an evil that deserved to be criminalized.

“[Engle] called upon the government of Uganda to be firm and hold on its righteous stand against the evil. He mentioned that homosexuals have penetrated the educational system and Ugandans must be aware of the evil,” the eyewitness said in Hudson’s report.

If that rhetoric from Rev. Engle sounds scary, it should. Last night, Rachel Maddow actually hosted the key politician in Uganda, David Bahati, working to pass what’s known as The Anti-Homosexuality Bill. This is a law that would criminalize homosexuality with either the death penalty or life imprisonment, and would even criminally punish straight people for not telling the government about suspected LGBT people. The bill even says that governments around the world should extradite Ugandan LGBT people back to Uganda, so that they can face punishment.

I was actually asked to release a petition at TheCall for the people to sign in support of the Bill. I did not allow that to happen because the purpose of the gathering was not a political gathering; it was a prayer gathering. However, I had to leave the prayer meeting early to catch our flight back home. After returning home, I was told that the Bill had been clearly promoted after I left the meeting. I apologize that this took place and that my stated purpose of not promoting the Bill was compromised. I take responsibility for what was done on the stage of TheCall, even in my absence.

Now recently, TheCall has been wrongfully marked and vilified as an organization promoting hatred and violence against homosexuals and as one that supports the Uganda bill as currently written. To the contrary, we have never made a private or a public statement of support for that bill. Though we honor the courage and stand with the stated purpose of the many Church leaders in Uganda who are seeking to protect the traditional and biblical family foundations of the nation, we have serious concerns with the bill as presently written, especially in terms of some of the harsh penalties for certain homosexual behaviors or offenses.

Originally posted by Flatfish

Originally posted by SmedleyBurlap
Obviously, this is not happening. Christianity is a religion of peace and love, these are not true Christians! They're probably Muslims in disguise, slandering the name of Our Lord!

/conservativecognitivedissonance

You might be a little surprised to find out that this movement is actually supported by some very prominent republican congressmen as well as Rick Warren, a very prominent christian leader here in the U.S.. Check out this little expose featured on the Maddow show some time ago; www.msnbc.msn.com...

This is your religious right in action, whether you like it or not.

Africans are poorly educated, they live in the dark ages. It wouldn't matter if they were Christians, Buddhists or Muslims in this case, their lack of education is the key... . . . .