http://www.uuworld.org/news/articles/183473.shtml?utm_source=n
It's not just LGBT people who are at risk in Uganda; allies, including open, affirming, and welcoming religions, and political dissenters are at risk. One Unitarian Universalist minister has already had to flee the country temporarily. The reason he is in danger? He "promoted homosexuality" and let his church be used for gay "recruitment"--by standing on the side of human dignity and supporting LGBT people instead of closing the doors against them.
If anyone reading this thinks being gay is a choice, maybe it's time to consider who would choose discrimination, violence, humiliation , being cast out and outlawed, and even death. To repeat an excellent question recently asked, just how many more gay people does God have to make before we admit that He wants them around?
For those in the U.S. who haven't been following this story, this is not some isolated, "over there" story about Uganda. Political and religious leaders have played an active role in this hideous story. We who elected the politicians who helped make this happen are responsible.
I figure that last bit doesn't really apply to those not in the U.S.; is anyone else quite as prone to thinking things "over there" aren't relevant and don't matter?
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