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Earlier this month we learned that Uganda’s infamous “Kill The Gays” bill was being pushed to a vote as a “Christmas gift to Christians.”  Alerts went out yesterday that the bill may be voted upon as soon as today.  This morning the BBC reported a claim the the death penalty has been been dropped from the legislation. A committee of …

Yesterday the United Nations approved a resolution that condemns the killing of LGBT persons either by governments or via “extrajudicial” means such as hate crimes. Via press release from the International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission: An international coalition of organizations dedicated to human rights celebrated yesterday’s historic vote in the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly …

Anonymous has issued a threat against Uganda’s leaders should their “Kill The Gays” bill pass. Earlier this week Ugandan clergy demanded the bill’s passage as a “Christmas gift to Christians.” The so-called ‘hacktivists’ from Anonymous New Jersey sent a stark warning to lawmakers, urging them not rubber stamp the draconian legislation which would mean gay Ugandans could face life imprisonment …

The Associated Press reports that according to Parliament Speaker Rebecca Kadaga, Uganda’s long-pending “Kill The Gays” bill will be passed by the end of the year.  Local clergy have petitioned the government, demanding the bill’s passage as a “Christmas gift to Christians.” Ugandans “are demanding it,” she said, reiterating a promise she made before a meeting on Friday of anti-gay …

“France will continue to engage in all these struggles: for the abolition of the death penalty, for women’s rights to equality and dignity, for the universal decriminalization of homosexuality, which should not be recognised as a crime but, on the contrary, recognized as a [sexual] orientation. All members countries have the obligation to guarantee the security of their citizens, and …

Continuing to hit back at their hate group listing by the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Family Research Council has issued a lengthy refutation of the charges against them. Amongst those is the claim that they’ve never said that all homosexuals are inherently prone to pedophilia, only that child molestation occurs at a higher rate among gay men. That claim …

“It’s easy to brush aside this incident as one act of a crazy man until you consider the past two weeks. The Family Research Council is affiliated with Chick-Fil-A. Chick-Fil-A came under fire due to the free speech of CEO Dan Cathy by militant anti-Christian and anti-free speech activists. They further attacked Chick-Fil-A, accusing them of supporting Ugandan gay-killing via …

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And the above is just ONE example. You can find more about the above story on this 2010 JMG post. Via Daily Kos blogger and activist Scott Wooledge.

Al Jazeera has posted a 33-minute debate between vile hate group leader Scott Lively and the head of Sexual Minorities Uganda, who is suing Lively for crimes against humanity in a Massachusetts court. The show aired live on Al Jazeera English and includes a running on-screen Twitter commentary from those on both sides of the issue. Lively, who has written …

Minnesota-based radio host and hate group leader Bradlee Dean sued Rachel Maddow for reporting that he’d called for the execution of homosexuals. It appears that the suit has been at least partially resolved as Dean has been ordered to pay Maddow’s defense fees. From the court order: Memorandum and Order Granting in Part Defendants’ Motion for Attorneys’ Fees and Denying …

Uganda’s “Anti-Homosexuality” bill, which still includes provisions for the death penalty, remains pending. And this week a coalition of Christian churches issued a call for its speedy passage. Speaking after their recent annual conference organised by the Uganda Joint Christian Council (UJCC), an ecumenical body which brings together the Anglican, Catholic and Orthodox churches, the bishops resolved that the parliamentary …

“If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. They should be put to death. ‘Oh, so you’re saying we should go out and start killing them, no? I’m saying the government should. They won’t, but they …

“First of all as regards to the bill, the bill hadn’t been written yet, I had an opportunity, I spoke to members of the Ugandan Parliament in their assembly hall, and there was several other speakers and the minister of ethics and integrity was there and he made a few comments. My suggestion was, rather than focusing on punishment, you …

On Top Magazine reports: Uganda President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday denied anti-gay discrimination exists in his country and asserted that all a proposed anti-gay bill would do is ban public kissing. The bill, first introduced in 2009 by MP David Bahati, once called for putting repeat offenders to death under certain circumstances. The current bill would criminalize discussions of homosexuality …

In what may be their single-most outrageous and repulsive move yet, NOM is attempting to whip up anti-gay fervor by expanding their Starbucks boycott into nations that may put homosexuals to death or have other legal punishments for merely being gay. Brian Brown exults: In our first week, we gained 25,000 pledge signers in the U.S. alone; today we go …

As a bill that worsens the penalty for homosexuality wends its way through Liberia’s legislature, an anti-gay Christian group has published a hit list in which they vow to track down every gay person for brutal punishment. The fliers include this threat: “Let these individuals be aware that we are coming after them soon. We urge them to also begin …

Several notorious American hate groups have rallied behind infamous evangelist Scott Lively less than a week after he was sued in U.S. court for crimes against humanity over his anti-gay campaign in Uganda. SPLC-certified hate group Mass Resistance this weekend posted a several thousand word outraged defense of Lively. An excerpt: The homosexual movement has enormously stepped up its attack …

Zack Ford sets up the clip at Think Progress: In an interview with Rachel Maddow last night, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) claimed to have no knowledge of David Bahati, the Uganda legislator sponsoring the “Kill The Gays” bill. In the book he was shilling, Inhofe had taken a swipe at Maddow for criticizing his affiliation with The Family, a powerful …