A growing number of Christians who believe in traditional morality are finding themselves without financial services, both in the U.S. and around the world, as Western leaders engage in “insufferable” actions that resemble secular “religious fundamentalists who are intolerant of other faiths.”
Globally, the World Bank decided to cut off all new funding for Uganda over a bill that outlaws homosexual child molestation, knowingly having sex with others while carrying the AIDS virus, and drugging or coercing vulnerable people into nonconsensual gay sex — acts the bill describes as “aggravated homosexuality.” At home, a U.S. bank canceled the bank accounts of a Christian charity that carries out philanthropy in Uganda and the U.S. church that financially supports it.
Engaging in same-sex relations has long been illegal in Uganda, as in at least 30 of Africa’s 54 nations, but the penalties increased thanks to the Anti-Homosexuality Act signed on May 29. The World Bank announced this month it will not approve any future funding until the nation comes into “alignment with our environmental and social standards,” or ESG policies. “These measures are currently under discussion with the authorities.”