The Christian conservative group Family
Research Council (FRC) has asked supporters to pray for Malawi's laws
criminalizing gay sex, RightWingWatch.com
reported.
Same-sex relationships in the African
country are illegal and offenders face up to five years imprisonment,
according to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for
Human Rights.
Earlier this year, the United States
backed a non-binding United Nations resolution condemning
discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
President Barack Obama and Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton cheered passed of the resolution in the
47-member Human Rights Council.
Obama called the resolution's passage a
“significant milestone in the long struggle for [LGBT] equality.”
“This represents a historic moment to
highlight the human rights abuses and violations that lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender people face around the world based solely on
who they are and who they love,” Clinton said.
While the measure was backed by
representatives from the European Union, Brazil and other Latin
American countries, African and Islamic countries condemned the
resolution, saying it had “nothing to do with fundamental rights.”
The FRC asked people to pray for
countries, in particular Malawi, where gay sex has been criminalized.
Under the headline Pushing
Homosexuality at Home and Abroad, the FRC writes: “The U.S.
government has become the chief player in efforts to promote
homosexuality and homosexual rights oversees.”
And then the group offers a prayer:
“May God restrain the Obama administration from promoting the LGBT
agenda at home and abroad. May He give targeted nations courage to
withstand U.S. coercion! Forgive us for this evil.”
(Related: FRC
President Tony Perkins denies his group supports the criminalization
of gay sex.)