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| Julian Fantino Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) |
We've highlighted several times the Evangelical involvement in supporting discrimination against gay people in Uganda.
Unlike American President Obama, last seen cosying up to the Christian Family, Canada is taking a tougher line:
The Canadian government has stopped funding to Crossroads, an Evangelical charity working in Uganda, for being homophobic.
According to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation the charity that describes homosexuality as a ‘perversion’ and a ‘sin’ will receive no further funding until officials will investigate the organization...
CIDA has given $544,813 to Crossroads to ‘help dig wells, build latrines and promote hygiene awareness in Uganda’.
Until Tuesday, the organization's website carried a list of ‘sexual sins’ deemed to be ‘perversion’...
We're not entirely sure how such a vehemently anti-gay organisation came to receive funding in the first place. Surely you could get all the same benefits without the hatred by supporting someone like WaterAid?
Still, it's a progressive sign to see that governments are starting to look at what their (and, by proxy, your) money is funding.
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