Warren Throckmorton
BBC Interview with Uganda’s President, Yowari Museveni
Here is 4 minutes of it… You can listen to the entire interview here. Hmm, he might run again in 2016? Museveni doesn’t believe in promotion of homosexuality – sounds like Bahati.
Read MoreWhat Barack Obama and Thomas Jefferson have in common
Both of them were/are considered infidels and anti-Christian during their tenure in public life by the religious right of their era. I started this post when some Christian right leaders went ballistic over Barack Obama’s reference to his religious views at the National Prayer Breakfast earlier this month. Then, Rick Santorum called Obama’s theology “phony.”…
Read MorePetition targets Citibank’s and Barclays’ Ugandan operations; calls for banks to condemn anti-gay bill
At Change.org, Citibank customer Collin Burton posted a petition aimed at Citibank and Barclays banks. Both banks have significant operations in Uganda. From the petition: With the “Kill the Gays” bill looming in Uganda’s parliament, Citibank and Barclays have unique and necessary voices that could help stop this bill in its tracks. Their presence in…
Read MoreMuseveni says gays not persecuted; forgets persecution last week
What a short memory. Uganda’s President says gays aren’t persecuted in his country just days after his Ethics Minister raided a GLBT conference and chased activists out of the hotel fearing arrest. Note to the rest of the world – The President of Uganda wants you to subscribe to his version of reality where disrupting…
Read MorePFOX hit with defamation lawsuit by TWO
As expected… WASHINGTON , Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Truth Wins Out announced today that it has filed a defamation lawsuit against Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays (PFOX) and its President Greg Quinlan after he claimed on a television show that Truth Wins Out Executive Director Wayne Besen tried to have him killed. The lawsuit (Case number: CL12000008-00) was filed in Virginia’s Northumberland County…
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