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Marc Hofer for The New York Times

Marc Hofer for The New York Times

From NYTimes.com:

KAMPALA, Uganda — Last March, three American evangelical Christians, whose teachings about “curing” homosexuals have been widely discredited in the United States, arrived here in Uganda’s capital to give a series of talks.

The theme of the event, according to Stephen Langa, its Ugandan organizer, was “the gay agenda — that whole hidden and dark agenda” — and the threat homosexuals posed to Bible-based values and the traditional African family.

For three days, according to participants and audio recordings, thousands of Ugandans, including police officers, teachers and national politicians, listened raptly to the Americans, who were presented as experts on homosexuality. The visitors discussed how to make gay people straight, how gay men often sodomized teenage boys and how “the gay movement is an evil institution” whose goal is “to defeat the marriage-based society and replace it with a culture of sexual promiscuity.”

Now the three Americans are finding themselves on the defensive, saying they had no intention of helping stoke the kind of anger that could lead to what came next: a bill to impose a death sentence for homosexual behavior.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    Damn, I had to read this a couple times…Now I dont think you can MAKE someone who is gay turn straight. I would love to read or hear how they proposed one do that…On the other hand I am ‘anti-gay’ simply because they want to turn the straight traditional culture completely upside down to fit their needs. In my experiences, the gay community is on a semi-mission to ‘turn’ straight people gay…I dont know about the rest of you, but I have had my fair share of Lesbian woman tell me ‘You need to leave nyggaz alone and get with women”…They always play the ‘victim of society’ role and it sickens me because they CHOSE to openly be gay/lesbian. It is sad to know that these christian teachers may have sparked the death penalty for homosexuals in that country, but I guess the way to deal with extremes is to go extreme…I dont condone it, but I understand the sentiment behind it…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/slit_lcka005/ slit_lcka005

    Look, this is just the way it is. Most straight folks don’t like gays. No matter where in the world you are. Well maybe not San Francisco, and Greece but most people think the gay lifestyle is pretty disgusting.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/dogonsister/ dogonsister

    So because you disagree with their lifestyle, they should be put to death? Suppose these conservative groups say Blacks cause all the crime, so they should be put to death. This is a slippery slope and whose to say what group will be next on the agenda.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Gatekeepa/ Gatekeepa

    I DON’T UNDERSTAND THE SENTIMENT OF IT PERIOD.. who has given anyone the authority or RIGHT to kill another because they are different than you?

    The gay life style is not for me ..but I’m sure as not going to co-sign to killing them or understand the sentiment to do so..I have much more to think about with regard to my own life..than to sprew HATE on others who’s life isn’t like mine..

    Why not kill rapist in africa?..who rape little girls every single day..I hate them for doing this..and those who cut off the african female private parts..and those who carve up the face of african females so no one will want them or marry them..

    ..my experience with gay people have never been to the point of them trying anything with me..I’ve was told that gays only try people who have gay tendencies or undercover bisexuals who really want to be with them in the closet..and fellows if you are having sex with two females and both females are having sex with each other and you and you like seeing this.. you are gay’bisexual.. if you don’t like gays..then you will not be involved with 2 bisexual females having sex with you.. so face the truth about who you are and what you are..if you are in a threesome and both females are having sex with each other and you at the same time..which states you are engaging and condoning homosexuality at it finest(lMBO).. there is no excuse the greeks condone this act and we followed it and you are engaging in homosexual sex with both bisexuals females..males are greedy creatues when it comes to sex and visuals and give threesomes a pass and stating its not engaging in homosexual sex..when actually you are..but hate homosexuality..GET REAL YO!

    I can remember a time when..african americans were different and were killed because of this..now we want to kill others who have been in the same place we have as a people..

    I can disagree with certain life styles.. like drug addicts.. child rapist, prostitutes.. drunk drivers who kill.. thugs.. white supremacist..the list is endless..do I want them dead?..no..

    My thought is that homophobic heterosexual fear homosexuals’lesbians and that’s why they don’t like them..and trust me I’ve been around this planet..and homosexuals/lesbians are more tolerated more so abroad except the most proverish and uneducated nations..

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