Persecuted Christian or Death Monger for Homosexuals

Bachmann Staffer Arrested for Terrorism in Uganda in 2006The Atlantic

Michelle Bachmann’s new head of faith-based initiatives for her presidential campaign is Peter C. Waldron. Waldron has long worked in GOP presidential campaigns, including Reagan/Bush Bush/Quayle, Bauer, McCain and Bush/Cheney.

Peter Waldron is the founder ofChristians Restoring America’s Greatness and The Save the Family Foundation, where he is president.

From Christians Restoring America’s Greatness FB page:

CRAG’s mission is to spread a passion for the supremacy of God in all things for the joy of all peoples through Jesus Christ. This mission is rooted in the Biblical vision of the people of God, ransomed by the blood of Christ from every tribe, tongue, people, and language. Jesus is Lord of all things seen and unseen, and we will restore America’s Greatness by providing Bible-based solutions to the problems confronting America.

Americans in Uganda

The World Wakes Up to Evangelical Support for Uganda’s Draconian Law Against Homosexuals AOC

Apparently the US evangelical movement has been prominent in pushing for the Ugandan law. According to ABC News, a key Ugandan pastor Martin Ssempa who is pushing the law has been a featured speaker at Rick Warren’s Saddleback church. Warren did release a video condemning the bill.

‘Sex, Mom, and God: How the Bible’s Strange Take on Sex Led to Crazy Politics

Frank Schaeffer, 59, from Boston, is the son of a famous evangelical preacher who turned his back on his parents’ church called L’Abri and wrote a memoir about breaking with conservatism and evangelicalism in the late 1980s.

US Ignites Hatred in Africa

Fears Grow That US Evangelists Ignite Anti-Gay Hatred in Africa AOC

In March 2009 three American evangelical Christians, whose teachings about ‘curing’ homosexuals have been widely discredited arrived in Uganda to attack ‘the gay agenda’. They are Scott Lively, Caleb Lee Brundidge and Don Schmierer.

Religion in America

Working-Class Americans Retreating from ChurchLiveScience

In the 1980s, the researchers found, there was little difference in religious participation between high school- and college-educated whites. But by the 2000s, a gap appeared. Today, 46 percent of college-educated whites go to a church, synagogue or equivalent institution at least once a month, compared with 37 percent of high school-educated whites.

Americans’ religious faith waningHouston Chronicle

Despite the prominence of religious believers in politics and culture, America has shrinking congregations, growing dissatisfaction with religious leaders and rising numbers of people who do not think about faith, according to a new study by a Duke University expert Mark Chaves.