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Heitkamp did not address how it is that Family insiders remain so closely connected to the ostensibly new event. By Jonathan Larsen. On Tuesday morning I had emailed her board about a separate story — not yet published — that raises some of the same issues.

Mark Pocan launches inquiry into secretive Christian group linked to Uganda’s “Kill the Gays” law Democrat launches the most aggressive official inquiry ever into The Family and the National. Longtime Family insider Rep.

As I reported last year, Rep. In the past, individual members of Congress have responded to Family controversies — such as the activities of Russian operatives Maria Butina and Alexander Torshin — by swearing off the event. All have condemned the Anti-Homosexuality Act, and U.

Yoweri Museveni, who Walberg praised in his remarks, along with MP David Bahati, the prayer breakfast leader there who pushed the bill for 15 years. That email, from former Rep. In it, Pocan gives Crane a deadline of Feb. Among them, Pocan asks what communications Family employees and associates have had with Museveni or other Ugandan officials regarding the Anti-Homosexuality Act.

But some of the money from The Family and its wealthy backers has also gone to religious and even borderline theocratic organizations closely tied to the Christian political networks behind the bill. Historically, The Family has successfully veiled its involvement in the breakfast, cloaking it in as much government adornment as possible.

Forgot Password? Says Chick-fil-A funds the National Christian Foundation, which "paid a preacher to go to Uganda and help their lawmakers" with a bill that would impose the death penalty for homosexuality. This article originally appeared on TFN.

Pocan also asks about continuing ties with the new National Prayer Breakfast, which is being held Thursday. Walberg has denied supporting the law, but has not denied telling Uganda to stick with it and has not called for its repeal. National Christian Organization paid a preacher to go to Uganda and help their lawmakers with the bill.

Pocan also asks The Family to disclose all the other countries where the group provides financial support, including but not limited to prayer breakfasts. The same political movement that campaigned against gay marriage here has spent decades pushing an anti-LGBTQ agenda throughout African countries.

As I reported last week, only some of them were caught by local media claiming they were officially invited by the U. Cancel in-app or online prior to the renewal date to avoid future charges.

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Pocan also raises questions about ongoing entanglements between The Family, which continues to convene thousands of allies and friends every year on the first Thursday of February — and the spun-off National Prayer Breakfast, which moved to Capitol Hill under the auspices of the new NPB Foundation last year.

Heidi Heitkamp D-ND. Today Uganda announced a bill to legalize murdering gay people. Although tax law requires some disclosure by non-profits in this area, organizations have broad latitude to supply only vague and sweeping generalities. Login Sign up. This is true for Uganda in particular, as the present-day laws against LGBTQ+ rights are directly tied to British colonial laws that punished “carnal knowledge against the order of nature.” The Impact of Uganda’s Anti-Gay Act Unfortunately, American evangelical groups continue to influence Ugandan politics and culture.

Mark Pocan, D-Wisc.