Religious News Verses: Gays, Imprisonment and the Rapture

In their "Rally for Religious Free Speech" on the 16th, members of the far right Christian community preached against homosexuality in Washington D.C., telling their supporters that there was a strong chance that they could be arrested due to the expanded hate crimes legislation.

No one was arrested. No one has been imprisoned.

Right Wing Watch reports that Rick Scarborough of Vision America claims he still might be arrested, but that God is happy about those who participated in the rally.

Over 150,000 people signed the Manhattan Declaration in a week and, according to Lifesite News, "the numbers are continuing to rise by the second." The Manhattan Declaration was drafted by a group  of Catholic bishops and fundamentalist Christian leaders and calls for civil disobedience with respect to abortion and gay rights.  Americans United warns that this document seeks to impose religion on all Americans, whether they believe or not.

While Christians may be eagerly signing the Manhattan Declaration, the Christian right has not been notably vocal about the anti-homosexuality legislation being proposed in Uganda.  The legislation would impose imprisonment — and even the death penalty in some cases — on homosexuals within the country.  Friends, family, co-workers, clergy and the rest of the population would be imprisoned for not turning homosexuals in for their "crimes."  The issue has created a quarrel within the Anglican church.  The Canadian United Reformed Church has condemned the legislation, which human rights advocates find horrific. According to Christianity Today, the Anglican Church of Uganda disagrees:

Writing in Spero News on Wednesday, Anglican Bishop Joseph Abura condemned opposition to the Bill, particularly from human rights advocates in Western countries.

He said: “Christianity in Africa is under attack by Gays and Christians in Europe and the Americas. Africans do not need Europeans to teach them what the Gospels say … The vice of homosexuality through the necessary laws in place can be checked."

Tips-Q writes that in America, the infamous "Family" on C Street is allegedly connected to Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill.

The Family on C Street and other far right religious leaders, such as Billy Graham and Pat Robertson, are identified with the "Christian Dominionist" movement.  Blogger Leah Burton gives a synopsis of the goals of the dominionist movement.

On November 24, Keith Olbermann talked about Sarah Palin's religious beliefs, that include a belief in the "end times" and rapture, which evangelicals belief will happen when the temple in Jerusalem is fully restored.

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