Scott Lively has been active abroad as well. In 2006, he founded the Lativian-based Watchmen on the Walls, yet another hate group. The name comes from the book of Nehemiah, in which watchmen protect the reconstruction of Jerusalem. Today, what’s being protected is society, and the threat...
Nor was Lively the only American evangelical telling Ugandans that the survival of their society depended on rooting out homosexuality. Kansas City preacher Lou Engle, famous for rallies that draw up to 100,000 people, staged an event in Kampala last year that included Bahati and other architect...