How Uganda Became Ground Zero for America's Moral Problems

Recently, the issue of a bill against homosexuality in Uganda has drawn both praise and blame from politicians and religious leaders in the United States. After strong criticism from gay rights groups in the US, especially Rachel Maddow of MSNBC, some politicians and preachers who formerly supported the draconian bill in Uganda backtracked. However, that has not stopped some US Christians from seeing Uganda as "ground zero" for United States' moral problems, especially those dealing with prayer in schools, homosexuality, etc. And so problems that are central to United States politics are transported to Africa, diverting attention from the deplorable and wretched conditions in which most people live. Instead of talking of Museveni's dictatorship in Uganda, that is pushed to the side because it does not matter to American Christians. When are we going to discuss issues that are "ground zero" for African Christians, such as the fact that most people scratch out a living on less than a dollar a day?