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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsScott Lively, "Kill the Gays" Uganda started trail for crimes against humanity yesterday!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/07/scott-lively-kill-the-gays-bill-supporter-on-trial-crimes-against-humanity_n_2425003.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopularOn Monday, Scott Lively will tell a federal court why he supports Uganda's extreme persecution of gays and lesbians.
The U.S. evangelist and anti-gay crusader's trial begins Jan. 7 in Massachusetts. Lively is being sued for crimes against humanity by the organization Sexual Minorities of Uganda, represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR).
From CCR website:
"The suit alleges that Livelys involvement in anti-gay efforts in Uganda, including his active participation in a conspiracy to strip away fundamental rights from LGBT persons constitutes persecution. This is the first known Alien Tort Statute (ATS) case seeking accountability for persecution on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity."
The ATS allows suits to be brought to American courts by non-U.S. citizens who claim to be victims of violations of international law (such as crimes against humanity) perpetrated outside the U.S.
Much more at link:
TDale313
(7,820 posts)Kurovski
(34,655 posts)Scott Lively and the C-Street band of scum.
If only they were one-tenth as concerned with the bible's admonitions against greed.
RKP5637
(67,108 posts)persecution, well, because he's godly. It's a bunch of damn bullshit ... it's haters, persecution lovers and torturers operating under and getting a free ride because he mentions the god word and thumps the bible.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Maybe he and his pals should be investigated for hate crimes in this country as well.
RKP5637
(67,108 posts)SemperEadem
(8,053 posts)ReRe
(10,597 posts)He looks like a normal looking intelligent (and might I say attractive) guy, doesn't he? Evangelists have driven themselves crazy with religious zealotry. They have crossed that fine line between sanity and insanity. Between law abiding and criminal. Between civilized and uncivilized. They are the criminally insane. And they are running loose in the US and all over the world now. So when they convict this guy, where are they gong to put him? In prison or in a mental institution?