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In today’s edition, Las Vegas City Life’s Jason Whited covered the controversy surrounding Canyon Ridge Christian Church and their support for Martin Ssempa. A local megachurch that offers free HIV/AIDS tests also supports Africa’s most notorious anti-gay evangelical pastor, which has gay activists calling out the seeming hypocrisy. Canyon Ridge…
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Somehow I missed this one. Janet (I want CBS to be the Christian Broadcasting System) Porter was not happy that her media takeover was foiled temporarily due to the loss of her radio show. She used her June 8 column to blast, nay, to smite with a vengence an organization called…
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I started a new page where I am going to list articles regarding Uganda and the precursors to the introduction of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill. It will not be exhaustive or complete but something I add to as I find relevant articles. The articles there now are from 2007. You will…
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Vanity Fair is reporting that Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill has been amended: Yet as the Ugandan government prepares to launch its latest anti-gay offensive, the local gay-rights movement is needed more than ever. Though widespread international criticism, especially from the United States, derailed the bill in its original form and forced…
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…as it should. Support groups should be off-limits.
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Michael Bussee wrote to the Southern Nevada Health District to ask about planned to partnership with Canyon Ridge Christian Church to conduct HIV testing on the National HIV Testing Day. He received this reply from Stephanie Bethel of the SNHD. “Dear Mr. Bussee: Thank you for bringing this matter to the…
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Current TV’s Mariana van Zeller just posted footage of Lou Engle’s sermon delivered during TheCall Uganda. Roll the tape… At about 1:28 in, Engle establishes his view that government should reflect his understanding of Biblical teaching. He prays for the government to have wisdom because the homosexual agenda is at work. Uganda…
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Not a big surprise given his recent statements, but Lou Engle made it (more or less) explicit in an interview with Sarah Posner at Religion Dispatches. Here is some of the money: I [Posner] pressed him [Engle] about which penalties in the bill he didn’t support — and he did say that…
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This summer I will not be posting as frequently because I am working on some academic writing that must get finished within the next few months. I will post some this week but they will taper off as the summer goes on. I also am going to halt comments for…
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Canyon Ridge Christian Church (Las Vegas) is one of the host locations for the National HIV Testing Day on June 27, 2010. Because of Canyon Ridge Christian Church’s commitment to “be a show of compassion” to our community and an instrumental force in preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS, we will be offering…
