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Hudson · 11-30-2009, 10:51 PM

Yes, do what atomiczombie said. And in these letters or emails, please ask President Obama to distance himself from Pastor Rick Warren.

I wanted to include a quote from Andrew Brown in The Guardian. He believes the Uganda legislation:

“is a witch craze, pure and simple. It takes the perfectly genuine prejudices of the ignorant, inflames them, and enshrines them in law. I do not expect any bishop of the Church of England to have the courage to speak against it. Give them a hundred years, though, and they will turn up at a memorial service to weep for the victims.
How did we get there? The inquisitors who roll into the town and rouse the peasantry against witches may not actually want to see and smell the witches burning, but once witches are found, there is nothing else to do with them. Although respectable Christians now do not believe in witches as such, there are some for whom gay people play the role that witches once did and the gay-hunting frenzy which is central to the relationship between American right-wingers and some African evangelicals is reaching the point of organized legal killing.”

Warren, having distanced himself (at least publicly) from (his good friend) Ugandan pastor Martin Ssempa, whom Warren still welcomes with open arms (and pockets) to his church, refuses to condemn the proposed legislation. When he was asked to comment, Warren stated, "It is not my personal calling as a pastor in America to comment or interfere in the political process of other nations."

Funny, this isn't about the laws of other nations. It's about the protection of human rights. And if you're not for it, you're against it, that's what I always say. Especially when you've spread your message of hate all over that other country (you had no problem getting them to this point - especially with your likening homosexuals to pedophiles which is a big fear fueling this legislation) and you have the influence as an evangelist to spread a different message. This painful silence is a LOUD endorsement of genocide against gay Ugandans.

Ask Obama to distance himself from this cowardly hate monger right here in our own country. Ask him to hold Rick Warren accountable for his words that Ssempa does not reflect the views or message of his church and its programs in much the same way Warren is accusing Obama of being a hypocrite who won't just end abortion (if he wants to reduce the numbers performed).

Ok, I'm done.

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Hudson Member How Do You Identify?: FTM Preferred Pronoun?: He/Him Relationship Status: Truth is stranger than fiction. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 434 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 160 Thanked 574 Times in 210 Posts Rep Power: 365377	Yes, do what atomiczombie said. And in these letters or emails, please ask President Obama to distance himself from Pastor Rick Warren. I wanted to include a quote from Andrew Brown in The Guardian. He believes the Uganda legislation: “is a witch craze, pure and simple. It takes the perfectly genuine prejudices of the ignorant, inflames them, and enshrines them in law. I do not expect any bishop of the Church of England to have the courage to speak against it. Give them a hundred years, though, and they will turn up at a memorial service to weep for the victims. How did we get there? The inquisitors who roll into the town and rouse the peasantry against witches may not actually want to see and smell the witches burning, but once witches are found, there is nothing else to do with them. Although respectable Christians now do not believe in witches as such, there are some for whom gay people play the role that witches once did and the gay-hunting frenzy which is central to the relationship between American right-wingers and some African evangelicals is reaching the point of organized legal killing.” Warren, having distanced himself (at least publicly) from (his good friend) Ugandan pastor Martin Ssempa, whom Warren still welcomes with open arms (and pockets) to his church, refuses to condemn the proposed legislation. When he was asked to comment, Warren stated, "It is not my personal calling as a pastor in America to comment or interfere in the political process of other nations." Funny, this isn't about the laws of other nations. It's about the protection of human rights. And if you're not for it, you're against it, that's what I always say. Especially when you've spread your message of hate all over that other country (you had no problem getting them to this point - especially with your likening homosexuals to pedophiles which is a big fear fueling this legislation) and you have the influence as an evangelist to spread a different message. This painful silence is a LOUD endorsement of genocide against gay Ugandans. Ask Obama to distance himself from this cowardly hate monger right here in our own country. Ask him to hold Rick Warren accountable for his words that Ssempa does not reflect the views or message of his church and its programs in much the same way Warren is accusing Obama of being a hypocrite who won't just end abortion (if he wants to reduce the numbers performed). Ok, I'm done.