Lou Engle Reneges, Promotes 'Kill the Gays' at Rally in Uganda

by Rhonda J Mangus | May 5, 2010 at 03:14 am

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U.S. Radical Anti-Gay Evangelical preacher Lou Engle Promotes 'Kill the Gays' Bill at TheCall Rally Held Sunday in Uganda

Reneging on an earlier statement made before Sunday's event, U.S. Evangelical preacher Lou Engle promoted Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009 at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda where reports indicate over 1,300 people gathered to hear Engle spread his messages of hate.

[When] he took the stage late on Sunday afternoon, with Ugandan politicians and pastors looking on, he praised the country’s “courage” and “righteousness” in promoting the bill.

“NGOs, the U.N., Unicef, they are all coming in here and promoting an agenda,” Mr. Engle said, referring to nongovernmental organizations. “Today, America is losing its religious freedom. We are trying to restrain an agenda that is sweeping through the education system. Uganda has become ground zero.”

Chilling First Hand Account Reported by Waymon Hudson at Huffington Post

Waymon Hudson at Huffington Post said he received a 'chilling first-hand report of TheCall Uganda rally' from a long-time Ugandan LGBT rights activist, who asked not to be identified.

According to the source:

He [Engle] called upon the government of Uganda to be firm and hold on its righteous stand against the evil. He mentioned that homosexuals have penetrated the educational system and Ugandans must be aware of the evil. He also lectured about how God planned marriage only between man and woman and that marriage is for procreation.

Engle Turns Already Volatile Situation Into An Untenable One

The danger of exporting radical U.S. religious thought surrounding homosexuality to other countries is real. Given controversy from the very beginning, Engle's rally in Uganda only served to heighten violence towards LGBT in Uganda.

With this backdrop of violence, Engle chose to hold a huge religious rally to further gin up anger towards gay people in Uganda. Before the rally, Engle claimed in a press release that he would not be there promoting the "kill the gays" bill, in an effort to stem some of the push-back he was getting from human rights groups for his panned rally. Not surprisingly, once he arrived in Uganda, his tune was very different and very dangerous.

Uganda's Minister of Ethics Speaks

James Buturo, Uganda's Minister of Ethics and supporter of Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009, spoke after Engle's left the grounds of Makerere University.

“These are desperate times, but we will not accept intimidation. It is our business to do what God wants. Pray for Bahati, and pray for the bill.”

Bahati, a born-again Christian and Ugandan MP, sponsored the 'Kill the Gays' Legislation.

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t k kidwai

at 04:12 on May 5th, 2010

The rise and wrongs of religious right began with ascendency of Bush Bin Satan,born-again Christian,son of a Luciferian and Masonry .The anti-gay preacher has the blessings of all Christian right wing fundamentalists.Ugandan should demand:'kill the anti gay preacher,doesn't matter who the hell he is,has come wherefrom'.

Susan Marie Kovalinsky

at 06:49 on May 5th, 2010

Lou Engle’s extremist and violence-laden preaching is often laced with references to gay people as being possessed by demons. During a rally for Proposition 8 in California, he called for Christian martyrs. His inflammatory speech and focus on martyrdom can easily incite people in Uganda to disregard people’s human rights and go to extreme measures to eliminate whatever they characterize as “evil” or a “vice”. For example, Lou Engle preaches, “The most ‘dangerous terrorist’ is not Islam but God. One of God’s names is the avenger of blood. Have you worshiped that God yet?”

Scary.....

Yes, Engles is clearly seen to be deadly serious about this issue. He is pulling no punches. Thank you Rhonda for this important expose. And for the take action link.....

t k kidwai

at 07:24 on May 5th, 2010

Does this hate preacher deserve to remain alive?

Noton Urlife (not verified)

at 10:37 on May 5th, 2010

Let me see if I got this straight ... you question the right of a person to live because he questioned the rights of some other persons to live? At this point, anyone who agrees with you would have to question YOUR right to live ;)

Grace H

at 08:23 on May 6th, 2010

"On the whole, men are more good than bad; that, however, isn't the real point. But they are more or less ignorant, and it is this that we call vice or virtue; the most incorrigible vice being that of an ignorance that fancies it knows everything and therefore claims for itself the right to kill." -- Albert Camus

Barbara McPherson

at 08:06 on May 5th, 2010

This person is about as far from the path of Christianity as one can stray. Hate should never be part of a Christian's lexicon.

nisty

at 08:36 on May 5th, 2010

marianmo

at 09:17 on May 5th, 2010

this is not chritianity, this is pure evil....time for this preacher to lose his audience

poopsprayer

at 17:16 on May 5th, 2010

Give the preacher a medal!!!!!!!!!

Grace H

at 08:25 on May 6th, 2010

For hypocirisy? For stoning the adulterer were Christ would not?

Judge not lest ye be judged.

What fucking religion do you and this man follow? Its not the Christianity ive been made aware of. Its the antithesis therein.

158

at 17:37 on May 5th, 2010

No one who calls for killing others is a Christian.

Lynn Clark (not verified)

at 18:22 on June 24th, 2010

This is dumb. Lou Engle does not promote killing gay people. Most Christians I know are simply holding to their beliefs that homosexuality is self destructive and destroys families. "Hey let's tolerate everyone... except intolerant people?" THAT'S hypocricy.