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Sunday, September 4, 2016

Christian bludgeoned with 1,000 pages of 'vindictive' legal claims

Case brought by Ugandans claims pastor's faith statements 'crimes against humanity'

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Some weeks ago, WND reported on the latest developments in a lawsuit brought by SMUG, the Sexual Minorities of Uganda (SMUG), against an American pastor claiming that his discussions about his faith were “crimes against humanity.”  Lawers from Liberty Counsel at that time argued the case should simply be dismissed because after “100 hours of depositions and 40,000 pages of documents,” the Ugandans “failed to produce a shred of evidence of any conspiracy or persecution by [the pastor, Scott] Lively.”

“The evidence shows that Lively, in a country where homosexuality has been illegal for decades, urged treatment of LGBTI people with respect and dignity, and the liberalization of Uganda’s laws against homosexuality, even as he spoke in favor of biblical sexual morality and against the LGBTI political agenda,” his lawyers argued at the time........SMUG, however, wouldn’t give up, filing another 1,000 pages in the lawsuit in an attempt to convince the court that its case should be kept alive.   “SMUG has now made it clear that it wants to put Pastor Scott Lively’s Christian faith on trial,”.......Read more

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