by Mourice Muhoozi
United States law maker, Tim Walberg
overwhelmingly passed the bill. Referring to the Ugandan president, Walberg said, "He knows that he has a Parliament, and … even congressmen like me who will say, 'We stand with you.'"
A former Bible salesman, Walberg has always been a standard issue religious conservative in Congress. HRC designated him a member of its Hall of Shame in 2014.
This year he was the author of a provision in which he called the Parental Rights Over the Education and Care of Their (PROTECT) Kids Act, part of a larger GOP bill that went nowhere. Under Walberg's provision, schools would be required to get parental consent before changing a student's pronouns or preferred names.
His trip to Uganda was sponsored by the U.S. National Prayer Breakfast, a formerly bipartisan group that has recently taken a hard-right turn. The new head of the group is Caroline Aderholt, a former leader Concerned Women of America, a long-time anti-LGBTQ group.
Aderholt's husband is Robert Aderholt, a Republican from Alabama who once tried to stop adoption agencies from allowing gay people to adopt.
Despite facing backlash for his controversial remarks, expectations of condemnation from fellow Republicans remain low. His actions underscore the alignment of certain Christian nationalist sentiments within the party, marking a continuation of divergent ideologies even within the GOP ranks.
Walberg's unabashed advocacy for Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act raises global concerns and serves as a stark reminder of the increasingly polarized stance on LGBTQ rights, highlighting the complex intersections of religious beliefs, political ideologies, and international relations.
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