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> It has become a haven for religious crackpots. They had a Jonestown-type thing, a number of years ago, and it's a really, really bad place to be gay (even clo
by sangnoir 6y ago
> It has become a haven for religious crackpots. They had a Jonestown-type thing, a number of years ago, and it's a really, really bad place to be gay (even closeted).
It would be remiss to avoid mentioning that American Evangelical "Missionaries" were a (if not the) driving force[1] behind the clampdown on gay folk in Uganda - perhaps you were alluding to them when you said it's became a haven for them ;)
1. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/03/scott-lively-anti-gay-law-uganda/ https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/03/scott-lively-an...
- ChrisMarshallNY 6y agoThat had a lot to do with it, but Africa has always been fertile ground for that kind of stuff.
- nine_k 6y agoNo less than Europe in medieval and Reformation times.