Rick Warren, Is That All the Courage You Can Muster?

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December 13, 2012 12:06pm
Post by ROSS MURRAY

Uganda’s “Kill the Gays Bill” has never actually gone away since it was proposed in 2009, even during those times when we’ve stopped talking about it. It just shifts and resurfaces and, as Peter Montgomery pointed out a couple of weeks back on RD, it’s dangerously close to passing right now. Rebecca Kadaga, speaker of the Ugandan Parliament, recently told the Associated Press in November that the anti-gay bill would be a “Christmas gift” to the population.

With its resurgence, LGBT and human rights groups have been sounding the alarm again that the bill needs to be stopped. Those who spoke out against the bill in 2009 need to speak out once again.

Two recent posts from Box Turtle Bulletin, which first broke the news of the “Kill the Gays Bill” in 2009, starkly contrast they way that two of the world’s most influential faith leaders are engaging with Uganda on the bill.

Rick Warren Tweets Opposition to Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill

Desmond Tutu Pens Op-Ed for Ugandan Newspaper

About a week ago, I wrote a post that asked Rick Warren why he couldn’t be more like Desmond Tutu. Tutu is using his prophetic voice to try to save the lives and livelihoods of LGBT people in Uganda (as well as their friends and families) by appealing to the Ugandan people to not commit such atrocities against their own citizens.

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