A particularly chilling video of a speaking engagement in Russia chronicled by Huffington Post's
Alvin McEwen shows Lively disingenously decrying the audience not to
applaud and cheer whenever he mentions bashings or (in this particular
case) the manslaughter of gays. His story concerning the incident in
Sacramento turned out to be entirely false as witnessed by the people
who were on the scene. Besides this video, here is actual footage
(below) of Lively speaking in Uganda about the "gay agenda" and how he,
above everyone else, knows the most about it. Please be advised that
this footage is included here only to emphasize the sincerity of
Lively's demonizing: this is how America's Religious Right views the
LGBT community and presents their view to the rest of the world.
And
by no means does this demonizing view extend only to figures like Tony
Perkins, James Dobson, Pat Robertson or Bryan Fischer. Think of it:
"Whatever It Takes" - the motto of Pastor Rick Warren - has a chilling
sound to it these days: Warren has not come across as a friend of the
LGBT community, taking so very long to denounce the "Kill the Gays"
bill in Uganda and doing so only under pressure from liberal
evangelicals. "Whatever It Takes" may serve to underline the demonizing
attempts of people to enact a kind of genocide in the name of God.
EXPORTING HATE
OK,
that last perception came across as a bit strident. Please forgive me
for being overwhelmed by the brutal reality of the Religious Right's
determination. However, I am not alone in believing that certain forces
were the cause of Kuto's murder. According to AP interviews,
the notion that Kuto's death was only the result of a theft*** is not
holding any sway with the LGBT community nor with many others: "David's
death is a result of the hatred planted in Uganda by U.S evangelicals
in 2009," said Val Kalende, a Ugandan gay rights activist. "The Ugandan
government and the so-called U.S evangelicals must take responsibility
for David's blood."
Whatever
the views about the murder, one thing stands out above all others:
America's Religious Right has exported anti-gay sentiment to Africa -
vehemently.
And some say - murderously.
*absolutely no relation to Rolling Stone Magazine.
**
Don Schmierer, who co-authored, with Lively, The Pink Swastika and
accompanied him to Kampala, Uganda, has stated: "Naturally, I don't
want anyone killed but I don't feel I had anything to do with that."
***
Deja Vu: Does anyone remember the pronouncement of Congresswoman,
Virginia Foxx when countering the proposed passage of the Hate Crimes
bill? With Matthew Sheperd's mother looking on in horror, Foxx
recounted the brutal bashing as "... we understood it was a robbery!"
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