While we celebrate our recent victories in Iowa and Vermont, it’s important to remember that the war isn’t over, and in some places it’s more dangerous than we can imagine here in the States. Here’s a look at a one international story that hasn’t received nearly enough attention.

Box Turtle Bulletin has been following the horrific conditions in Uganda for over a month. There’s a wealth of information on the blog, but this short excerpt of the entry from March 25 is a good primer. I encourage you to head over and check out the full archive. You’ll find a shocking report of American “ex-gay” and anti-gay leaders, public incitement to violence, forced outings, monstrous allegations of molestation and recruitment, and a group of people quite reasonably frightened for their lives.

The Christian community in Uganda has now declared war on the lives of gay men and women in that county. And they have been abetted by American leaders in the anti-gay and ex-gay ministries.

Sadly, these Americans wish to pretend that their actions have no consequences, that they were just presenting “a compassionate, biblical view of homosexuality” to the world and that they bear no responsibility for any blood shed as a direct result of their anti-gay missionary efforts.

And make no mistake, there will be blood shed.

Other pastors yesterday told journalists in Kampala the war against sodomy would be long and challenging but must be fought.

In Uganda, “war” is not engaged by polite discourse and ballot box propositions.

It is not often in life that we experience real evil. But I do not hesitate to state that the participation of Exodus International in this conference and the justification of this anti-gay incitement by its president, Alan Chambers, is truly evil.

I know, I know. I’m that guy who has to rain on every parade. But these problems are real, and there are real people being killed and otherwise victimized because of hate spread by American anti-gay evangelists.