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March 15, 2012

U.S. Evangelist Sued for Homophobic Efforts in Uganda 
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A Ugandan LGBTQ rights group has filed a lawsuit in U.S. federal court
against a Massachusetts-based evangelist for allegedly inciting the
persecution of gay men and lesbians in Uganda. The evangelist, Scott
Lively, is accused of collaborating with Ugandan politicians and
religious leaders to foment homophobia against Uganda's gay and lesbian
communities. Lively is said to have helped bring forth a parliamentary
measure that called for the execution of homosexuals and later for their
life imprisonment. Lively is one of a number of U.S. evangelicals tied
to anti-LGBTQ fervor in Uganda.



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