Related Events.
In addition to our American Prayer Hour events, other organizations will be holding actions on February 4. Please inform us if you are planning an action or event in your area.
Boston
Who: Join The Impact Massachusetts
When: Thursday, February 4, 2010
Time: 5:30pm – 7:00pm
Where: JFK Federal Building/15 Sudbury St. at the corner of Cambridge St.
The Action: Join the Impact MA and the Anti-Violence Project of Massachusetts are calling for a day of action on February 4, 2010 to protest the American-inspired Anti-Homosexuality Bill (“AHB”) pending in the Ugandan Parliament. That day a politically connected, far-right coalition known as “The Family,” linked to the Ugandan legislation, will be sponsoring the “National Prayer Breakfast” in Washington, D.C., their only annually publicized meeting.
New York
Queer Rising Protest at Uganda House
9:00am-10:00am
Thursday, February 4, 2010
336 East 45th St. New York, NY
Contact: Natasha Dillon
E-mail: natashadillon@comcast.net
Washington, DC
Full Equality Now DC rises in solidarity with LGBTQ Ugandans targeted by homophobic legislation being drafted by members of the “The Family,” a U.S.-led right wing group with more than 10,000 cells worldwide.
Protest The Family’s Homophobic and Right Wing Agenda!
What: Protest and Rally at The Family’s DC location
When: Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 5:30 p.m.
Where: The “C Street House,” 133 C Street SE, Washington, D.C.
Organized and Sponsored by: Full Equality Now DC
The infamous C Street House is the DC residence of far right U.S. politicians who have helped author or ardently support legislative efforts to restrict the civil rights of LGBTQ people and other minorities in America and throughout the world. U.S. Senator John Ensign (R-NV), Family member and C Street resident, has argued for legislation to ban states from recognizing same-sex marriage, U.S. Representative Bart Stupak (D-MI), another Family member and C Street resident, proposed an amendment to the House’s health care bill to roll back abortion rights, Ugandan Family members and anti-gay extremists are crafting that country’s dangerous “Anti-Homosexuality Bill” promising ruthless punishments such as the death penalty or life in prison for LGBTQ and HIV-positive people.
The new bill’s chief authors are Family members James Nsaba Buturo, Uganda’s Minister of Ethics and Integrity, and Member of Parliament David Bahati, both of whom have proceeded with the encouragement of Ugandan President and Family member Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.
Fundamentalist Ugandan pastor Martin Ssempa is a notorious Family member. He recently published the names and addresses of LGBTQ citizens and activists, forcing them into hiding, and is organizing a “Kill The Gays” million man march demanding life imprisonment for every gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Ugandan.
U.S.-based Family members are hosting their National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., on February 4 that will be attended by many of these high-ranking Ugandan officials supporting the Anti-Homosexuality Bill. Full Equality Now DC demands that no U.S. elected official, including President Obama, attend this event. In response to mounting international pressure, The Family recently disinvited David Bahati, and this pressure must not cease.