You know, when Mudcat shuts down for a day, all the threads die. I often hope at the time that certain threads won't be resurrected. My hopes are usually disappointed.

But Ian, one would think that you could come up with better proof than Its critics say the bill has been pushed by some US evangelical Christians.

I suppose that the statement is absolutely true. You're a critic of the bill, and you have alleged that it has been pushed by some US evangelical Christians.

And it's true that we do have a few evangelical Christians here in the US who are extremely anti-homosexual, so no doubt they've thrown in a buck or two to this campaign.

This is an assertion that I have heard many times, that it's US Christians who are somehow imposing this law on Uganda - but I have yet to see any real evidence that there is any significant support for this horrendous Ugandan legislation, in any country other than Uganda.

If there's proof of this, I'd certainly be concerned. But in the interest of fairness, I think that there should be proof of this allegation of significant foreign interference to force enactment of this legislation. From what I'm seen, the bill comes from within Uganda, not from foreign influences.

And from what I've been able to learn by interviewing Africans immigrants in the U.S. about it, it seems clear to me that the African taboos against homosexuality are longstanding and come from within Africa, not from Western Christian influences.

If you have evidence to the contrary, I'd really like to see it. But all I see are allegations.

-Joe Offer-