Comments on: Rick Warren “Vigorously Condemns” Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act

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By: David

David — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:39:43 +0000

@werdna, any pictures of museveni meeting with rick warren or the c street family, would blow this open

By: werdna

werdna — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:20:46 +0000

P.S., upon re-reading, I realized that Debbie may not be suggesting that Uganda got $1 billion for abstinence-only programs (which isn’t true) but that she’s likely referring to the $1 billion (out of $15 billion) of the original PEPFAR funding that was earmarked for these kinds of programs for all PEPFAR aid recipients. Janet Museveni was directly involved in lobbying Republican lawmakers for funds being directed to abstinence programs (in 2002, not 2001 as I mistakenly wrote in the Blumenthal quote above). I still don’t know of any connection to Warren in Museveni’s 2002 lobbying trip to the US, though. I’d be interested to see a report that confirms a connection.

It’s worth noting that the original requirements for how PEPFAR funds should be directed were modified when the program was re-authorized in 2008. The direct commitment of funds to abstinence-only programs was softened to require that half of prevention funds be directed to “activities promoting abstinence, delay of sexual debut, monogamy, fidelity, and partner reduction”. The majority of PEPFAR funding continues to be directed toward treatment and care for people with HIV.

By: werdna

werdna — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:29:07 +0000

@david-
Not sure what Debbie’s source is but Max Blumenthal’s article “Rick Warren’s Africa Problem” reports Janet Museveni’s visit to DC like this:

…[In 2001] Janet Museveni flew to Washington at the height of a heated congressional debate over PEPFAR. She carried in her hand a prepared message to distribute to Republicans. Abstinence was the golden bullet in her country’s fight against AIDS, she assured conservative lawmakers, denying the empirically proven success of her husband’s condom distribution program. Like magic, the Republican-dominated Congress authorized over $200 million for Uganda, but only for the exclusive promotion of abstinence education.

Not sure if Warren was involved with her visit at this point, but he’s frequently identified as a “close friend” of Janet Museveni. The only source I’ve found for Debbie’s claim (Warren and Museveni working together to get $1 billion for abstinence) is Debbie’s own blog, and to be honest, that figure seems incorrect.

By: david

david — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:24:16 +0000

Debbie, could you get the source Rick Warren meeting with Janet Museveni