{"id":356,"date":"2009-12-08T03:17:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T11:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=356"},"modified":"2009-12-08T03:17:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-08T11:17:00","slug":"more-on-us-religious-right-behind-%e2%80%98kill-the-gays%e2%80%99-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2009\/12\/08\/more-on-us-religious-right-behind-%e2%80%98kill-the-gays%e2%80%99-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"More on US Religious Right Behind \u2018Kill the Gays\u2019 Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The last time we discussed this issue, someone raised the possibility that Rick Warren and the C-Street hypocrites might be dominionists.&#160; At the time I did not know, but now this has come to light.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boxturtlebulletin.com\/2009\/12\/04\/17384\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"GOPJesus\" border=\"0\" alt=\"GOPJesus\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/s217.photobucket.com\/albums\/cc83\/TomCat1948or2\/Blog%202009\/MoreonUSReligiousRightBehindKilltheGaysB_24B3\/GOPJesus.jpg\" width=\"315\" height=\"375\" \/> Critics<\/a> <font color=\"#000000\">have called the Anti Homosexuality Bill due to come before &quot;Purpose Driven&quot; Uganda&#8217;s parliament in early 2010 a &quot;kill the gays bill.&quot; As detailed in a new <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.talk2action.org\/story\/2009\/12\/4\/134435\/084\" target=\"_blank\"><font color=\"#000000\">report<\/font><\/a><font color=\"#000000\"> from a religious right watchdog group, networks tied to Rick Warren&#8217;s mentor and doctoral dissertation advisor have played a major role in organizing and inspiring Ugandan legislators who have spearheaded the legislation, which would mandate the death penalty for homosexual acts. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\">Homosexuality is already legally a crime in Uganda that can lead to lifetime prison sentences, but the new bill would require the death penalty for something termed &quot;aggravated homosexuality&quot; and might even lead to the execution of HIV positive Ugandan citizens. Rick Warren has refused to <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.publiceye.org\/press\/view-press.php?ID=23\" target=\"_blank\"><font color=\"#000000\">denounce<\/font><\/a><font color=\"#000000\"> the new bill.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\">As described in the report,<\/font> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.talk2action.org\/story\/2009\/12\/4\/134435\/084\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rick Warren&#8217;s Dissertation Advisor Leads Network Promoting Uganda Anti-Gay <font color=\"#000000\">Bill<\/font><\/a><font color=\"#000000\">, both Rick Warren and C. Peter Wagner have called on their followers to take dominion over the globe, and Rick Warren&#8217;s efforts in Uganda closely parallel those of his academic mentor Peter Wagner. Mainstream media has glossed over Rick Warren&#8217;s political extremism but, <strong>as shown in a video at the end of this post, in April 2005, before thousands of his church members assembled at California&#8217;s Anaheim Angels sport stadium, Rick Warren described a &quot;stealth&quot; program for global Christian dominion and encouraged his supporters to embrace the level of dedication shown by followers of Hitler, Lenin, and Mao<\/strong> [<\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.talk2action.org\/story\/2009\/12\/5\/125642\/379\" target=\"_blank\">see here<\/a> <font color=\"#000000\">for a partial transcript of Warren&#8217;s April 17, 2005 speech at California&#8217;s Anaheim Angels Stadium].<\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/article\/20080331\/rick-warren-launches-purpose-driven-plan-in-uganda\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">In March 2008<\/a> <font color=\"#000000\">Rick Warren designated Uganda as the world&#8217;s second officially &quot;Purpose Driven&quot; nation. The other is Rwanda. Rick Warren&#8217;s doctoral thesis adviser C. Peter Wagner leads globally influential religious networks that include, as a prominent &quot;prophet,&quot; Founder of TheCall Lou Engle &#8211; whose organization played a<\/font> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.talk2action.org\/story\/2009\/6\/2\/83943\/72096\/Front_Page\/Anti_Gay_Marriage_Pro_Prop_8_Leader_Called_For_Antiabortion_Martyrs\" target=\"_blank\">substantial role<\/a><font color=\"#000000\"> in passing California&#8217;s anti-gay marriage Proposition Eight. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\">Warren has backed and associated himself with virulently anti-gay religious leaders in Uganda, Rwanda, and Nigeria who are known for their anti-gay tirades, and Warren was until 2007 working closely with Ugandan preacher<\/font> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/blogs-and-stories\/2009-01-07\/the-truth-about-rick-warren-in-africa\/full\/\" target=\"_blank\">Martin Ssempa<\/a><font color=\"#000000\">, who is one of the most extreme anti-gay activists in his country. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\"><strong>Peter Wagner is an unabashed dominionist<\/strong> and has said so in his books. <strong>Rick Warren tries to fudge things but as a new report details, there seems to be little difference in Warren&#8217;s and Wagner&#8217;s agendas<\/strong>&#8230; [<em>emphasis added<\/em>]<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Inserted from &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/bruce-wilson\/rick-warren-mentor-tied-t_b_382480.html\" target=\"_blank\">Huffington Post<\/a>&gt;<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the video:<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/GRctKSeyQ-s&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/GRctKSeyQ-s&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>It does not surprise me that Warren wants his followers to emulate those of Hitler, Lenin and Mao.&#160; The dominion theology movement believes that God intends them to take over the world on his behalf, using force if necessary.&#160; The <em>Left Behind<\/em> books and games are their tool to desensitize their people to committing acts of violence.&#160; They are totally intolerant and completely ruthless.&#160; They do not worship the same God I do.&#160; They invented Supply-Side Jesus to personify their gospel of greed, intolerance, and violence.&#160; The way I figure it, when and if God decides to take over the world, she can handle it without any help from wing-nuts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last time we discussed this issue, someone raised the possibility that Rick Warren and the C-Street hypocrites might be dominionists.&#160; At the time I did not know, but now this has come to light. Critics have called the Anti Homosexuality Bill due to come before &quot;Purpose Driven&quot; Uganda&#8217;s parliament in early 2010 a &quot;kill <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2009\/12\/08\/more-on-us-religious-right-behind-%e2%80%98kill-the-gays%e2%80%99-bill\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-religion","category-5-id","category-47-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}