AFTAH tries to cover its hate with lots of talk about "family values" and Christianity, but the fact that its Executive Director favors Uganda's proposed "kill the gays" bill shows their true colors, and what they would favor for this country if given half a chance.


A Ugandan newspaper recently stepped up that country's lynch-mob atmosphere by publishing names, pictures and addresses of alleged local gays with an exhortation to "hang them."


Uganda is on the northern border of Rwanda, which in 1994 saw the genocide of 800,000 people in which local media played a key role.

Despite its proto-fascist politics, AFTAH is hotwired into local Republican politics, with its leader, Peter LaBarbera, playing prominent roles in the U.S. Senate campaign of Alan Keyes and the multiple campaigns of Jim Oberweis.


Saturday night's protest was organized by the Gay Liberation Network (www.GayLiberation.net) and drew support from Join The Impact-Chicago, local PFLAG chapters and high school gay-straight alliances.