{"id":629,"date":"2009-12-08T00:47:14","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T00:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/progressiverevival\/2009\/12\/christian-leaders-reject-ugand.html"},"modified":"2009-12-08T00:47:14","modified_gmt":"2009-12-08T00:47:14","slug":"christian-leaders-reject-ugand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/progressiverevival\/2009\/12\/christian-leaders-reject-ugand.html","title":{"rendered":"Christian Leaders Reject Ugandan Anti-gay Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On December 7, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithinpubliclife.org\/\">Faith in Public Life<\/a> released a statement condemning the anti-gay bill in the Ugandan Parliament that submits homosexuals to draconian punishments for their &#8220;crimes.&#8221; &nbsp;Sadly, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/blogs\/god-and-country\/2009\/12\/07\/should-us-religious-conservatives-denounce-ugandas-anti-gay-bill.html\">many prominent Christians have refused to speak out against the human rights abuses<\/a> enshrined in the legislation. &nbsp;Faith in Public Life, however, produced an eloquent statement on Christian responsibility in the face of oppression&#8211;and gathered an impressive, inclusive, and diverse list of signers to support their plea to treat homosexual persons with dignity and respect. &nbsp;Despite how fractured the faith community can be, this statement shows that Jesus&#8217; call to love our neighbor as ourselves can unite Christians in the face of moral evil. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.faithinpubliclife.org\/Uganda%20statement%20and%20signers%20final.pdf\">whole statement<\/a> here. &nbsp;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On December 7, Faith in Public Life released a statement condemning the anti-gay bill in the Ugandan Parliament that submits homosexuals to draconian punishments for their &#8220;crimes.&#8221; &nbsp;Sadly, many prominent Christians have refused to speak out against the human rights abuses enshrined in the legislation. &nbsp;Faith in Public Life, however, produced an eloquent statement on&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christians","category-homosexuality"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Christian Leaders Reject Ugandan Anti-gay Bill - Progressive Revival<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/progressiverevival\/2009\/12\/christian-leaders-reject-ugand.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Christian Leaders Reject Ugandan Anti-gay Bill - Progressive Revival\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On December 7, Faith in Public Life released a statement condemning the anti-gay bill in the Ugandan Parliament that submits homosexuals to draconian punishments for their &#8220;crimes.&#8221; 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She holds a Ph.D. in religious studies from Duke University and is the author of seven books including A People\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s History of Christianity: the Other Side of the Story (HarperOne, 2009) Her best-selling Christianity for the Rest of Us (2006) was named as one of the best religion books of the year by Publishers Weekly and Christian Century, won the Book of the Year Award from the Academy of Parish Clergy, and was featured in a cover story in USA TODAY. Diana regularly consults with religious organizations, leads conferences for religious leaders, and teaches and preaches in a variety of venues. She regularly comments on religion, politics, and culture in the media including USA TODAY, Time, Newsweek, The Washington Post, CNN, FOX, PBS, and NPR. From 1995-2000, she wrote a weekly column on American religion for the New York Times Syndicate. She has written widely in the religious press, including Sojourners, Christian Century, Clergy Journal, and Congregations. 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