Comments on: Molotov Mitchell spins the record

By: You can’t make this stuff up: South Carolina endorsements for Rick Santorum — Warren Throckmorton

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:24:55 +0000

[...] Molotov Mitchell. He is the friend of Martin Ssempa who misled his audiences with falsehoods about the scope of the bill and offered his support for passage of the [...]

By: Warren Throckmorton

Warren Throckmorton — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 04:12:23 +0000

Christian Lawyer – Thanks for that analysis.

Terry K – I suspected as much. Until people started calling, the companies had no idea…

By: Right Wing Round-Up « The Fifth Column

Right Wing Round-Up « The Fifth Column — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:02:45 +0000

[...] Warren Throckmorton: Molotov Mitchell spins the record. [...]

By: Terry K.

Terry K. — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 01:51:52 +0000

The reason that ads appear before the video appears to be that WorldNetDaily is now using an outside video streaming service, Ooyala. I presume that they, not WND, are attaching the ads since no self-respecting mainstream business would willingly put an ad before a video like this.

By: Christian Lawyer

Christian Lawyer — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 01:00:24 +0000

Warren,

From a lawyer’s perspective, you’re indisputably right. I agree with Rob Tisinai’s additions as well.

Note that the bill defines “victim” as:

“victim” includes a person who is involved in homosexual activities against his or her will.

But, the word “victim” is not used in the definition of the offense of either “Homosexuality” or “Aggravated Homosexuality” except regarding a “victim” who has a “disability.” Without use of the word “victim,” it seems clear that the conduct described is an “offense” regardless of whether the person consented, or not. (Although no one would argue that a child would/could consent to any sexual conduct by a parent or guardian, in Sec. 3(1)c.)

Courts in common law jurisdictions interpreting statutory language generally assume that when a legislature uses a defined word in one place and not in others that that distinction was intended. So, a court is unlikely to read “against his or her will” into either the offense of “Homosexuality” or the offense of “Aggravated Homosexuality” except where the word “victim” is expressly stated, as in Sec. 3(e). (Uganda, having an English colonial history, has a legal system generally based on the English common law.)

By: Martin Ssempa and Every Nation « Bartholomew’s Notes on Religion

Martin Ssempa and Every Nation « Bartholomew’s Notes on Religion — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 23:34:08 +0000

[...] – is one of Ssempa’s most vocal supporter in the USA, using videos at WorldNetDaily to praise Uganda’s proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill: if gay Ugandans don’t like the bill, they [...]

By: Timothy Kincaid

Timothy Kincaid — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:01:25 +0000

“DEATH… brought to you by French’s fried onions”

By: Matthew David

Matthew David — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:45:52 +0000

Why is omitting all the good bits? He’s been speaking with Ssempa… that’s why. Ssempa’s the talking-heads-whisperer. The heads with an ounce of intelligence would never believe him.

By: Richard Bartholomew

Richard Bartholomew — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:28:42 +0000

Mitchell is an attention-seeker who will hopefully feel some shame once his extended adolescence finally comes to a close – I’ve written about some of his previous antics here (and I got a response).

I saw he also left a comment of support on Ssempa’s Facebook page.

By: Warren

Warren — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:23:12 +0000

Rob – I had lost the link to the vid. Thanks for commenting and posting the link. And you are correct the bill includes a section on related offenses that if done more than once lead to death.

Thanks for adding to the record…