Aug 14, 2013

SEXUAL MINORITIES UGANDA vs SCOTT LIVELY: Judge allows landmark case against anti-gay religious leader

Poisoness fundamentalist pastor Scott Lively

Judge allows landmark case against anti-gay religious leader to proceed

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — In a first-of-its kind case brought by a Ugandan LGBTI advocacy organization against a prominent U.S. anti-gay extremist, a federal judge on Wednesday ruled that persecution on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity is a crime against humanity and that the fundamental human rights of LGBTI people are protected under international law.
The ruling means that the case brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) on behalf of Sexual Minorities of Uganda (SMUG), a Uganda-based coalition of LGBTI rights and advocacy groups, can move forward over defendant Scott Livelys request to dismiss the lawsuit...read it all,