You've probably already heard about some proposed legislation in Uganda that would make homosexuality illegal, punishable by a life sentence or death (for "serial" acts). Well, a new investigation found that at least a good part of that is the result of Evangelicals, including Christian charity work.
Atheists have been a bit annoyed at many Christian "charities" - while many of them do good, honest work, there are a large number that keep a lot of strings attached, like requiring beneficiaries to sit through a sermon, or espouse a "Christian lifestyle", and such (Mother Theresa notoriously refused to let someone see their ill father before he died, because they were "living in sin" - but Mother Theresa's a whole other story).
Anyway, it turns out that many of these charities run by evangelical Christians spread a lot of bigotry and misinformation to the Ugandan populace, with results that the entire world has noticed.
Link: Anti-gay laws in Africa are product of American religious exports, say activists
2010/05/22
Ugandan Anti-Homesexual Hate the Product of American Evangelicals
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Your lack of updates disturbs me.
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Hehe, yeah, I kinda didn't get around to it for a while. I'm getting back into it, though.
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