Did you bother to read your own link? Several Christian organizations oppose it, including the Roman Catholic Church <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church>, the Anglican Church of Canada <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglican_Church_of_Canada>, Integrity Uganda, Exodus International, Accepting Evangelicals, Changing Attitude, Courage <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courage_UK>, Ekklesia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekklesia>, Fulcrum <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulcrum_%28Anglican_think_tank%29>, Inclusive Church and the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesbian_and_Gay_Christian_Movement>. Exodus International <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exodus_International>sent a letter to President Museveni stating, "The Christian church ... must be permitted to extend the love and compassion of Christ to all. We believe that this legislation would make this mission a difficult if not impossible task to carry out."[60]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda_Anti-Homosexuality_Bill#cite_note-60>A group of U.S. Christian leaders have released a statement to Uganda about the bill, one of these leaders being Thomas Patrick Melady<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Patrick_Melady>, former U.S. Ambassador to Uganda.[61]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda_Anti-Homosexuality_Bill#cite_note-61>The Anglican Reverend Canon <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_%28priest%29> Gideon Byamugisha<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gideon_Byamugisha>said that the Bill "would become state-legislated genocide <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide>".
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Eric Roberts < [email protected]> wrote: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda_Anti-Homosexuality_Bill > > As well as several republican Congressmaen... > > ------------------------------------ > Three Ravens Consulting > Eric Roberts > Owner/Developer > [email protected] > tel: 630-486-5255 > fax: 630-310-8531 > http://www.threeravensconsulting.com > ------------------------------------ > -----Original Message----- > From: GMoney [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 2:19 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Chick-Fil-A backs down > > > Wait a minute. This group, Exodus International, some group i've never > heard > of, actively lobbied to pass a law that would allow Uganda to kill people > solely for being gay??? > > And Chick Fil A gave money to this group? > > I don't usually ask for sources, but this seems pretty outlandish. Can you > show me where it's documented that this group supported a Uganda rule to > make homosexuality punishable by death??? > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Yes, Eric, they are bad people. That does not mean they lose any of > > their rights. > > > > Judah > > > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Eric Roberts > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > They lobbied for a law in Uganda that made being gay an executable > > > offence...one of the prime movers in that was Exodus international, > > > one > > of > > > the recipients of funds from CFA... > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:355428 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
