Scott Lively
In 2009, Pastor Scott Lively was one of three American evangelists who traveled to Kampala and
delivered a series of lectures about homosexuality to Ugandan audiences--which included police officers, teachers and politicians. As part of his lecture, Pastor Lively
promoted the
myth that the Holocaust was actually orchestrated by homosexuals. Shortly thereafter, a Ugandan politician introduced the Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009 which would, among other things, make homosexuality a capital offense. Although the bill was temporarily shelved (having finally been
revived once more last month), persecution of gay men and lesbians in Uganda reached new heights, as
Rolling Stone, an Ugandan newspaper,
ran a piece outing homosexuals and calling for them to be lynched. In 2011, David Kato--a prominent Ugandan gay rights activist whose photo was shown in
Rolling Stone--was
brutally murdered. In response to the increasingly hostile, anti-gay climate, the gay rights group Sexual Minorities Uganda has
filed a lawsuit against Pastor Lively under the alien tort statute. The lawsuit alleges that Lively's actions have led to the "persecution, arrest, torture and murder of gay men and lesbians in Uganda."
The full complaint can be read
here.
