Debating Heaven
Uganda’s parliament will soon vote on the so-called “Kill the Gays” bill which originally called for the death penalty for homosexual acts but has been stepped back to require life imprisonment. Michael Wilkerson writes today at Religion Dispatches about The Call’s event this weekend in Kampala that was organized to rally support for the bill. In attendance as guest of honor was Lou Engle, the American leader of The Call, who has professed ignorance of the bill’s details. Under recent gay-rights pressure, Engle has softened his position but apparently not enough to condemn the bill or to refrain from appearing at the event with its author, David Bahati, a member of The Family, the secretive American fundamentalist organization that has been extensively profiled by The Revealer founding editor Jeff Sharlet. Jeff was also at the event on Sunday. We look forward to his report. Continue Reading →