Anyone else see the most recent episode of VICE on HBO about the Ugandan anti-gay laws?

[truebrit71]

Some really scary shit....

[trotsky]

1. But not related to religion AT ALL!

[truebrit71]

3. Not in the slightest...

Except for the white, "christian" preachers egging them on....Oh...and a well-known US Senator as well...

[mountain grammy]

2. Thanks for the heads up..

I'll watch it online.

[Warren Stupidity]

4. It was horrifying.

The interview the woman reporter did with the people who matter of factly told her they rape lesbians to de-gay them and kill male homosexuals was chilling. She couldn't get out of that situation fast enough, and for me as a viewer my discomfort level was so high I could barely keep watching it. I cannot imagine how she felt.

[trotsky]

5. We're not even allowed to be honest here in other groups about this.

These people are OBVIOUSLY convinced that homosexuality goes against their god's will. Just as convinced as liberal believers are that neglecting to take care of the poor is against THEIR god's will.

No, somehow the only way to discuss this and not be shouted down as an "anti-theist bigot" is to instead say that the former group isn't really religious at all, that they hate gay people because they want their land, or because they are political foes, or some such obnoxious whitewashing garbage. Or hey, I guess it would also be acceptable to say that the gay people "offended" the believers and therefore deserve to be attacked, right?

[truebrit71]

6. I wasn't sure if that was fear or disgust on her face as the conversation went on...

More than a little of both I'd bet...

How christ-like of them to rape women that don't conform to their religion's idea of what a woman should do...

The mindless parroting of that hatred by the school kids was awful as well...

I only wish there was a hell so that the people that poison the minds of the young and innocent, and condone and encourage the rape and murder of homosexuals would get to burn in the flames they thought were for someone else...

[Curmudgeoness]

7. Rape...

an excellent way to convince a woman who doesn't want to have sex with men that having sex with men is good.

I also wish that there was a hell.....for so many reasons.

[LostOne4Ever]

8. Behind the Aegis posted about it

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We gave it a little more love but it still sank pretty fast.[/font]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/123042058

[truebrit71]

9. Not surprising that it would drop in the religion forum...

...the faithful hate to see how religion really works in some parts of the world...

[Behind the Aegis]

12. Behind! BEHIND!

LOL!

So many people call me "beyond" instead of "behind the aegis" I am starting to think I got the wrong name! LOL!

I know I shouldn't be so negative, but I really think many here don't give a shit about LGBT issues, especially when they are for foreigners, unless it interferes or intersects with a topic of their interest. Just so you know, I appreciate your participation in those threads as well as posting LGBT issues!! It has been noticed!

[LostOne4Ever]

13. Sorry, I blame dyslexia >.>

[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=teal]Thanks for the compliment.

Although, honestly, I can't say that my interest in LGBTQ issues are entirely without a bit self interest.[/font]

[Behind the Aegis]

14. You are in good company...mostly.

Nothing wrong having self interest motivating you; it does for me.

[William King]

10. I do not have HBO on my cable...

...but I saw that posted vid of the documentary. It disgusted me too. The Dominionists have been hard at work at exporting their agenda overseas:

(from Jan. 24, 2014) "Earlier this week, The New York Times posted an excerpt from a new Roger Ross Williams documentary on how the Religious Right in the U.S. is shaping anti-gay activism in African countries like Uganda. The documentary includes interviews with International House of Prayer (IHOP) leaders Lou Engle and Mike Bickle, whom we have followed closely here at Right Wing Watch, along with footage of IHOP missionaries at work in Uganda...Engle organizes the anti-choice and anti-gay The Call rallies, which regularly feature Republican and Religious Right leaders. In 2010, he brought The Call to Uganda to help promote the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which would have made homosexuality a capital offense. (He later backpedaled after facing scrutiny.) IHOP, including many The Call figures, helped to organize Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s 2011 The Response prayer rally, which Bickle emceed." -- Right Wing Watch http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/new-york-times-investigates-relationship-between-american-dominionists-and-uganda

We not only have to worry about the Dominionist threat here in America, but around the world too.

[mountain grammy]

11. I watched this tonight.. very scary.

Was glad to see the interview with Jeff Sharlet. I read "The Family" a few years ago. Uganda had it's own chapter.