It's one thing to criticize conservative evangelicals for their role in lobbying for things like this. It's another to act like they are solely responsible or the only reason for it.
I don't think, Bandwagon Bill, that people are. They certainly have a very strong case to answer though, given their contacts with the legislators who have often introduced or pushed for the legislation in the respective parliaments. The Ugandan bill was not a government bill, it was a private members bill submitted by David Bahati who is a member of the American based Christian group, ‘The Family’. He first suggested the bill (which originally included the death penalty) at the 2008 Prayer Breakfast. Much of the evangelical circle jerk bullsh**t such as, let’s be honest here
direct linkage of pedophilia to homosexuality has been regurgitated by American evangelical groups without any concern for the audience. What did they think would happen? The bill was also heavily promoted by Martin Ssempa, who also had links, though his promotion of abstinence based anti HIV/AIDS programmes in Uganda to Rick Warren’s church (who has since denounced him) and other groups. So American evangelical groups have pumped money, made links and promoted the same anti-gay rhetoric and then act ‘astonished’ when it leads people to propose legislation like this.
