Twitter Lovefest Blooms Among Anti-Gay Leaders in Uganda, U.S. (a post / thread from GD)

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Twitter Lovefest Blooms Among Anti-Gay Leaders in Uganda, U.S.

http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/petermontgomery/7010/twitter_lovefest_blooms_among_anti_gay_leaders_in_uganda__us/

Peter Montgomery
April 8, 2013 1:15pm

Martin Ssempa, the virulently anti-gay pastor who figures prominently in the new documentary God Loves Uganda, has a mutual admiration society going with one of the religious right’s most vehemently anti-gay advocates, Matt Barber of Liberty University and the Liberty Counsel.

Ssempa uses graphic images of gay porn and promotes wild conspiracy theories about gay people to fan homophobia to dangerous levels. He has close connections with politicians, including David Bahati, author of the infamous “kill-the-gays” bill. And he has access to the media: he tweeted on April 7 that he’s starting a daily TV news talk show.

Barber, who like Ssempa portrays gay people as threats to children, religious freedom, and civilization itself, is engaging in a Twitter love-fest with Ssempa.

On April 6, Ssempa tweeted, “Homos are paid to spread the vice by hiding it under human rights gibberish! They are $$ by rich European sodomy groups!”

GD thread - http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1264&pid=1059