Comments on: Behind the Ugandan antigay laws: American evangelicals manouvering for power, the better to spread their hate in the name of the Lord. http://theangryblackwoman.com/2009/12/10/behind-the-ugandan-antigay-laws-american-evangelicals-manouvering-for-power-the-better-to-spread-their-hate/ Race, Politics, Gender, Sexuality, Anger Wed, 23 May 2012 23:58:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Sara A http://theangryblackwoman.com/2009/12/10/behind-the-ugandan-antigay-laws-american-evangelicals-manouvering-for-power-the-better-to-spread-their-hate/comment-page-1/#comment-31753 Sara A Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:32:38 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.com/?p=1326#comment-31753 They are also the same people who are fueling the literal not figurative witch hunts in places like Nigeria...mostly aimed at women and children, who are described as having "demons" that must be exorcised. That sort of thing occasionally happens in the US, as well (people trying to "pray the devil" out of their children and sometimes abusing them in the process) just not as often or extreme, and it's usually the same Evangelical churches fostering it. It's what you could call a patriarchal triangulation. Homophobia, misogyny, abuse of children, all tied up with colonialism. They are also the same people who are fueling the literal not figurative witch hunts in places like Nigeria…mostly aimed at women and children, who are described as having “demons” that must be exorcised. That sort of thing occasionally happens in the US, as well (people trying to “pray the devil” out of their children and sometimes abusing them in the process) just not as often or extreme, and it’s usually the same Evangelical churches fostering it.

It’s what you could call a patriarchal triangulation. Homophobia, misogyny, abuse of children, all tied up with colonialism.

]]> By: Mark Lowell http://theangryblackwoman.com/2009/12/10/behind-the-ugandan-antigay-laws-american-evangelicals-manouvering-for-power-the-better-to-spread-their-hate/comment-page-1/#comment-31570 Mark Lowell Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:18:19 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.com/?p=1326#comment-31570 I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Uganda for two years, when the debate over the laws was starting. I was working in a rural community in Busoga, and I had a number of conversations with teachers and other people I was working with about the issue of homosexuality. As far as I can tell, none of them had ever met an out homosexual, and they seemed to think homosexuality is something foreign to Uganda, limited to the upper classes in Kampala and assorted Satanists and witch doctors. As a result, 'homosexuals' make a very convenient target for Museveni and other elites, particularly considering the potential for unrest over political and economic issues-it's sort of the Ugandan equivalent of targeting 'terrorists': nobody's ever met them, but they're confident they're evil and plotting to overthrow society. One of the weird things about all this is that, at least among the Basoga, Ugandan sexual mores would be considered deviant by the same US conservatives, as most young men outside of some of the evangelical movements aspire to marry multiple wives... I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Uganda for two years, when the debate over the laws was starting. I was working in a rural community in Busoga, and I had a number of conversations with teachers and other people I was working with about the issue of homosexuality. As far as I can tell, none of them had ever met an out homosexual, and they seemed to think homosexuality is something foreign to Uganda, limited to the upper classes in Kampala and assorted Satanists and witch doctors. As a result, ‘homosexuals’ make a very convenient target for Museveni and other elites, particularly considering the potential for unrest over political and economic issues-it’s sort of the Ugandan equivalent of targeting ‘terrorists’: nobody’s ever met them, but they’re confident they’re evil and plotting to overthrow society.

One of the weird things about all this is that, at least among the Basoga, Ugandan sexual mores would be considered deviant by the same US conservatives, as most young men outside of some of the evangelical movements aspire to marry multiple wives…

]]> By: Andi Marquette http://theangryblackwoman.com/2009/12/10/behind-the-ugandan-antigay-laws-american-evangelicals-manouvering-for-power-the-better-to-spread-their-hate/comment-page-1/#comment-31437 Andi Marquette Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:38:26 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.com/?p=1326#comment-31437 Thank you for providing this information. I had seen Rachel Maddow talking about it on her show and I was absolutely appalled and then I wondered where I might find more info and here it is, on your blog. Many, many thanks. Thank you for providing this information. I had seen Rachel Maddow talking about it on her show and I was absolutely appalled and then I wondered where I might find more info and here it is, on your blog. Many, many thanks.

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