Wednesday, May 02, 2012
The Heart of Africa
When President-elect Barack Obama selected Rick Warren to read the
invocation at his swearing-in ceremony, American liberals wondered why
human rights activists were in an uproar. As Pastor Warren's fervent
bigotry came to light, though, even ill-informed liberals came to
understand that maybe promoting an avowed anti-gay Christian evangelical
might not be a good idea for the newly-elected president.
Now that the proteges of Warren in Uganda have passed legislation denying gays civil rights, and nearly succeeded in making homosexuality punishable by death, one has to ask why even a neoliberal like Obama would reach out to right-wing Christian hatemongers. While we wait for the answer to such questions, Political Research Associates takes a closer look at the US Christian right and the attack on gays in Africa.
In Globalizing the Culture Wars: U.S. Conservatives, African Churches, and Homophobia, PRA examines the projection of American bigotry into the heart of Africa.
Now that the proteges of Warren in Uganda have passed legislation denying gays civil rights, and nearly succeeded in making homosexuality punishable by death, one has to ask why even a neoliberal like Obama would reach out to right-wing Christian hatemongers. While we wait for the answer to such questions, Political Research Associates takes a closer look at the US Christian right and the attack on gays in Africa.
In Globalizing the Culture Wars: U.S. Conservatives, African Churches, and Homophobia, PRA examines the projection of American bigotry into the heart of Africa.
