Obama and Clinton Condemn Uganda "Kill the Gays" Bill

While failing to condemn The Family - the force behind the so-called National Prayer Breakfast - and other Christianist organizations that have fostered the raging homophobia that is behind the odious legislation pending in Uganda, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton both slammed the legislation during their appearances at the Christianist conclave. I would have preferred that neither attend at all, but as has been pointed out by other commentators, a failure to attend would have provided grist for the far right noise machine - can't you just hear prescription drug addict Rush Limbaugh and others of that ilk disingenuously foaming at the mouth? Think Progress has these highlights:
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Today at the National Prayer Breakfast, both Clinton and Obama condemned the Ugandan legislation:
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– CLINTON: And I recently called President Museveni, whom I have known through the Prayer Breakfast, and expressed the strongest concerns about a law being considered in the parliament of Uganda.
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– OBAMA: We may disagree about gay marriage, but surely we can agree that it is unconscionable to target gays and lesbians for who they are, whether it’s here in the United States or as Hillary mentioned, more extremely in odious laws that are being proposed most recently in Uganda.
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Making these pronouncements today was significant because the Prayer Breakfast is sponsored by the Fellowship Foundation, the controversial group also known as “The Family.” As author Jeff Sharlet has detailed, The Family has ties to the Ugandan anti-homosexuality legislation. The author of the bill is Ugandan Parliamentarian David Bahati, who organizes the Ugandan National Prayer Breakfast and has been embraced by the far right in the United States. Watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington called on C-SPAN and government officials to turn their backs on today’s event.
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Meanwhile, some Christianists are defending the Uganda legislation and demonstrating the extent of their theocratic, hate driven agenda. A case in point is Cliff Kincaid, president of America's Survival, Inc., and editor of the laughably named Accuracy in Media. Here's how Kincaid describes the legislation in Uganda:

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Journalist and media critic Cliff Kincaid said today that coverage of the so-called "Kill the Gays" bill in Uganda has been completely one-sided, inaccurate, and distorted beyond belief. Kincaid, president of America's Survival, Inc., and editor of Accuracy in Media, says the legislation is designed to save lives by discouraging homosexual practices which spread disease and death.
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"The purpose is completely at variance with what the U.S. media have reported," he said. "It is not a 'Kill the Gays' bill. Rather, it is designed to kill the disease that some homosexuals spread through their reckless and irresponsible conduct and lifestyle."
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Gee, I did not realize that the boyfriend and I live a reckless and irresponsible lifestyle. That description seems to more aptly describe Mr. Kincaid himself as he condemns others through the prism of religious fanaticism.