Homophobia for Export

Week of March 17, 2014
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How the U.S. provided the inspiration for Ugandan persecution: trace the birth of the East African nation’s draconian Anti-Homosexuality Act through "educational seminars" hosted by Massachusetts evangelical Christian minister Scott Lively, his follower Stephen Langa of Uganda’s Family Life Network and Ugandan parliamentary research director Charles Tuhaise.

Plus: syndicated columnist Abby Dees encourages her younger self.

And in NewsWrap: Ugandan human rights activists challenge the new anti-gay law's constitutionality, Nigerian Justice "jails the gays" for their own good, Rainbow Russian colors clash with homophobic thugs, same-gender Brits married elsewhere get early equality start, Obamacare offers insurance parity to U.S. lesbian and gay families, and more news reported by Johnnie Torres and Michelle-Marie Gilkeson (produced by Wenzel Jones and Steve Pride).

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