a young member of parliament, david bahati, rising star who has been over to the united states for our national prayer breakfast and has taken something of an organizing role in the ugandan national prayer breakfast and has been involved in the family for some time. >> so the legislator in uganda who introduced the kill the gays bill had ties to the group and american anti-gay evangelical activists actively lobbying legislators in the country they needed to get tough on homosexuality in their society. both of them, "c" street and the activists swore they had nothing to do with the kill the gays bill. the bill in uganda died after a wave of international outrage and condemnation. that 2009 bill was put on the shelf. it did not go away entirely. at the end of last year in december the parliament in uganda quietly took up the bill again. a revised version of the bill that doesn't include the sentence of death for being gay this time but does include lots of the other prison sentences that attracted so much international outrage years earlier. the ugandan parliament passed this bill in dec

that comes straight from the groups that david bahati looks to for guidance, groups like the fellowship, family research council. describes senator jim inhofe, perhaps most anti gay politician, as sort of a mentor and hero. and he is has studied in the united states. these ideas are being sort of broadcast overseas and amplified and taken to a whole new level in uganda. >> inhofe, by the way, we checked with him. he says, you know, he's -- had nothing to do with this legislation. he rejects it. he says i certainly disagree with the controversial legislation that uganda may enact in the coming days. and as i've said before, it is my hope that the country will abandon this unjust and harsh legislation. similar statement coming from other evangelical groups saying it's one thing to be anti gay, if you will. but it's another thing to say that gay people should spend the rest of their lives in jail or even be executed for engaging in homosexual activity. so it seems to me, and correct me if i am wrong, that there may have been some inspiration. but what they're doing in uganda goes far beyon

. >> reporter: david bahati is the architect. is your aim to eradicate homosexuality completely by forcing people to stay silent or face a prison sentence? >> well, the aim is to make sure that we do protect the institution of marriage. and that stopping the promotion of homosexuality in our country. if in the process that is achieved, that will be good for our society. >> reporter: that homosexuality be eradicated from society. >> that would be good for our society. >> reporter: do you respect other religious and individuals' right to practice another religion, other than christianity? >> yes. >> reporter: so why can't you respect another individual's differing sexual orientation? >> well, i don't think that homosexuality is a human right. >> reporter: now the lgb it fears it will become the target of an even broader witch hunt. arwa damon, cnn, compala. >> we received a statement from the defense secretary, john kerry, also condemning what's going on in uganda. this is a tragic day for uganda, kerry says, and for all who care a

now the law make here sponsored the bill is a man named david bahati. he's the secretary of the family a well-known evangelical organization whose members include sitting and former u.s. senators. the language of the bill comes straight from the mouths of u.s. pastors. one in particular, scott liveley. msnbc news writer tony docopo. >> let's correct your name. >> it's been messed up for years. >> tell us about this guy, scott liveley, what have you learned about him? >> scott lively, he's from massachusetts but he was an acontact growing up he hoboed his way across america and got involved in an organization called oregon city alliance. as the communications director he succeeded in passing the very first and to date only anti-gay propaganda bill in america. so for a time in the suburb of oregon you couldn't do anything outwardly gay without being accused of breaking the law by promoting the acceptance of this sinful lifestyle. now, that exact same language is what we've seen in russia where lively went on a roaming homophobia tour in 2006 and 2007 and