Watch Live Now: President Barack Obama Speaks At National Prayer Breakfast

Annual Event Hosted By Virulently Anti-Gay Christian Organization Known As ‘The Family’

President Barack Obama is about to speak live at the National Prayer Breakfast. 

Annually, this infuriates me. It is hosted by “The Family,” the virulently anti-gay Christian organization with strong ties to David Bahati, author of Uganda’s “Kill the Gays” bill. The Family is literally home to some of the most anti-gay Republicans in Congress. Every president since Eisenhower has spoken to this powerful group.

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In a 2011 press release, as NCRM reported, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) announced it had “called on President Obama and all members of Congress not to attend this year’s National Prayer Breakfast.”

“The breakfast, while designed to appear as a government-sanctioned event, in reality serves as a meeting and recruiting event for the shadowy Fellowship Foundation.

“The National Prayer Breakfast uses the attendance of elected leaders to give the Fellowship greater credibility and facilitate its networking and fundraising,” said CREW Executive Director Melanie Sloan. “President Obama and members of Congress should not legitimatize this shadowy group with ties to scandal-ridden politicians and hateful and discriminatory positions against gays.” 

“It is all the more important that American political leaders avoid this event in light of the murder of prominent Ugandan gay activist David Kato.”

“The Fellowship, also known as ‘The Foundation’ and ‘The Family,’ is run by Doug Coe, a spiritual advisor to some government officials, who uses the organization to push his brand of Christianity. The Fellowship owns and operates the infamous C Street House, a congressional residence and meeting place on Capitol Hill that has been a frequent haunt of some ethically-challenged elected officials identified by CREW, including Sen. John Ensign (R-NV).

“The organization operates under an intense veil of secrecy, stays largely out of the public eye and hides its donors’ identities. The Fellowship has used its government clout to facilitate backdoor meetings between U.S. and foreign officials, improperly claimed tax exempt status for the C Street House, and has persuaded members of Congress, including Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) to conduct Fellowship-sanctioned evangelizing while traveling at taxpayer expense.

“Members of the Fellowship pushed for anti-gay legislation in Uganda that made homosexuality a capital offense. Just last month, prominent activist David Kato was murdered in Uganda. Much of the wave of anti-gay sentiment can be linked to the promotion of anti-gay policies by American evangelicals.” 

 

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