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Uganda’s “Kill the Gays” bill, which would outlaw homosexuality in the country and previously included provisions that made being LGBT a crime punishable by death in some circumstances, is receiving support from U.S.-based anti-gay extremists, including the Family Research Council’s  (FRC) Tony Perkins and the American Family Association’s (AFA) Bryan Fischer.

The bill passed a parliamentary committee last week, with the Ugandan Speaker saying she wanted to pass the legislation as a “Christmas gift” for anti-gay Christian activists.

Fundamentalist U.S. pastors such as Lou Engle and Scott Lively played a leading role in whipping up anti-gay sentiment in Uganda – which proved crucial in providing momentum for the bill. Check out the supportive tweets from FRC’s Perkins and AFA’s Fischer: