“Archbishop Stanley Ntagali of the Anglican Church of Uganda called last month’s Supreme Court’s decision on marriage an “immoral virus.” The president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, called American leaders “perverted Satan-worshipers.” Kenya’s deputy president, William Ruto, reportedly promised to defend his country from “dirty things.”
These comments — all delivered in the wake of the court’s landmark ruling on Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriage throughout the United States — illustrate a dynamic that has been worrying the international LGBT community for years now: As American evangelicals lose traction at home, they are increasingly finding receptive audiences abroad. Advocates on both sides of the aisle predict the Supreme Court’s ruling will bolster evangelicals’ efforts against LGBT rights overseas.
‘If you live in the United States, it’s easy to be lulled into thinking that the battle for broader civil rights for gay people is nearly over’ Rev. Dr. Kapya Kaoma, a researcher with Political Research Associates, a think tank focused on the American conservative movement, wrote in an op-ed last year.” *
Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian (The Point) discuss on The Young Turks. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
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Um… these people want to take over the world. They don’t want democracy, they want control and I fear the day they have it. As a former member of one of these church I know that these groups are dangerous (see shepherding movement).
They are very dangerous to gay people but given enough power they will be dangerous to anyone who doesn’t believe as they do, christian or no christian.
http://www.publiceye.org/christian_right/dominionism.htm
I object to the title of this posting. For one, it seems tailored to infer that a majority of evangelicals are spreading an anti-gay message around the world, as though they are natural bigots. Is not homosexuality an abomination according to the Bible? You are hating on them for their beliefs, which is quite revealing and unfair, at least if we are to look at these people as genuinely feeling love and compassion for homosexuals, something that is ALSO taught in the Bible.
Then, you mention this pastor going overseas and associating with murderers, and then group him in with the general pool of evangelicals. Are you people simply ignorant of their beliefs? It certainly seems that way. Not that I am an evangelical or even in their corner, but your bias is glaringly obvious to anyone with even a basic understanding of what these people believe.