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This morning I spoke with Stephen Tashobya, the chair of the Ugandan Parliament’s Legal and Affairs committee. This committee has jurisdiction over the Anti-Homosexuality Bill. I asked Hon. Tashobya if he had any current plan for action on the AHB. He told me that the Parliament was currently preoccupied with…
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As anticipated, the groups identified by the Southern Poverty Law Center as “hate groups” have reacted with defensive distraction. Instead of responding directly to the charges made by the SPLC, they have organized a significant effort to change the subject. Called Start Debating/Stop Hating, the website consists of endorsements from some prominent conservative activists,…
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I admire Raza Anjum for putting himself on the line on behalf of Pakistan Christian, Asia Bibi. Bibi, convicted in Pakistan of violating the nation’s blasphemy law, has become the subject of an international effort to see her pardoned and freed from prison. According to Politics.co.uk, Anjum …arrived in Pakistan…
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In Uganda, Nsaba Buturo is serving out his term as Minister of Ethics and Integrity. He lost his bid for re-election and will presumably not be back in that role. However, even as a lame duck, he is making waves. According to the Monitor: Human rights defenders yesterday gathered in…
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Please sign this petition targeting the Ambassador to the United States from Pakistan, along with Pakistan’s Human Rights Minister. Writing in 1954, psychologist Gordon Allport said, “The role of religion is paradoxical. It makes prejudice and it unmakes prejudice.” In no case is Allport’s observation better illustrated than in the…
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This from NPR: It began in the summer of 2009 as a quarrel over water in a sweltering farm field in the province of Punjab. When the heated words were over, Asia Noreen Bibi was charged under the strict blasphemy laws of predominantly Muslim Pakistan. A Christian wife and mother,…
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Just a bit ago, I talked to Andy Laney of the U.S. Department of State who contradicted a report in the Uganda Observer that David Bahati was asked to leave the country. Mr. Laney said, “We did not ask David Bahati to leave the country,” adding that the State Department did…
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I am trying to confirm these facts but this article from the Uganda Observer says David Bahati is on his way home, with a little help from the US State Dept. He is not answering his phone and has not returned emails. I suspect he is indeed in transit.
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He’s getting harder and harder to spoof, but here goes… AFA analyst calls for ban on everything Tupelo, MS – Writing today for the website RenewMerica, Bryan Fischer asserted that all sex everywhere needs to be curtailed. “Just one wrong move and you’re done for,” Fischer wrote. “It’s like cigarettes and…
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Here are the Rachel Maddow Show segments with Ugandan MP David Bahati. Part one: Part two: Part three Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy US Connections with guest Jeff Sharlet Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Maddow’s opening…
