Below are quotes from some major voices from the American Christian Right. These are not fringe figures. These are mainstream speakers in the Christian conservative establishment. Jerry Falwell founded Liberty University, Pat Robertson's 700 Club is the longest running television program in broadcast history (running since 1966), and Franklin Graham is the President of Samaritan's Purse, a major international Christian relief organization. These men have influence in the Christian community and the things that they say have an impact. Saying, for example, that "AIDs is God's punishment for a society that tolerates homosexuals," is most certainly going to fuel the flames of gay hatred.
FRANKLIN GRAHAM (America's leading evangelist)
"Of course we love them" [the gays and lesbians] "but we should love them enough to warn them that if they don't repent and turn from their sin...they will spend eternity in hell." - Franklin Graham
PAT ROBERTSON ON THE 700 CLUB:
"[Homosexuals] want to come into churches and disrupt church services and throw blood all around and try to give people AIDS and spit in the face of ministers." --Pat Robertson on the 700 Club, January 18, 1995 - People for the American Way
"When lawlessness is abroad in the land, the same thing will happen here that happened in Nazi Germany. Many of those people involved in Adolph Hitler were Satanists. Many of them were homosexuals. The two things seem to go together."
JERRY FALWELL:
“AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals; it is God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals." Jerry Falwell
"Homosexuality is Satan's diabolical attack upon the family that will not only have a corrupting influence upon our next generation, but it will also bring down the wrath of God upon America."
For more information read our following reports: The Christian War on Gays Christian Totalitarianism Bible and Sex
RELIGIOUS MURDER SPREES ON GAY COMMUNITIES
In many countries of the world, same-sex relationships are considered illegal. If that isn't disturbing enough, the fact remains that a Christian-fueled gay genocide is in effect. In Uganda, the Anti-Homosexuality Bill (also known endearingly as the "Kill the Gays" bill) continues to unleash an epidemic of violence, hatred and anger directed at gays. Though homosexual relationships are illegal in many other African countries, Uganda in particular has had some encouragement from the American religious right. The American televangelists are said to have influenced the Ugandan attitude towards homosexuality dramatically.
AMERICAN RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE ON THE "KILL THE GAYS" BILL
The Uganda Anti-Gay Bill's U.S. Roots
Americans' Role Seen in Uganda Anti-Gay Push
How (White) American Evangelicals Fund Anti-Gay Hate and Violence in Africa
New Links Show How U.S. Christian Right Exports Gay Hate to Uganda
Christian Right is Losing on Marriage but Taking the Gay Hate Battle to Africa
Sundance Film Exposes How U.S. Pastors Fund Uganda Gay Hate
American Evangelical Lou Engle Promotes 'Kill the Gays Bill' at Sunday's Rally in Uganda
HATE CRIMES OF UGANDAN CITIZENS AGAINST GAYS
Uganda Gay Rights Activist David Kato Killed
Lesbian Dies After Being Deported By United Kingdom Back to Uganda
Ugandan Tabloid Publishes New 'Gay List'
INTERNATIONAL REACTIONS TO UGANDA'S GAY HATRED
Activists Protest 'Kill the Gays' Bill Outside Ugandan Embassy
Toronto Protests Uganda's Anti-Gay Bill
Uganda: Londoners Protest Anti-Gay Bill
UK University Cuts Ties With Uganda Over Anti-Gay Law
FROM A UGANDAN POINT OF VIEW