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The radar. the one thing they do that everybody knows about is they run the national prayer breakfast every year in washington. other than that, they pretty much keep things as quiet as they can. that group, that american religious group it turns out has ties to the specific ugandan legislator who introduced the anti-homosexuality bill. the man who introduced the kill the gays bill in uganda is a member of the family, yes? >> yes. a young member of parliament, david bahadi, rising star who has been over to the united states for our national prayer breakfast and has taken something of an organi...

Exact same language. speaking with russian right-wing activists who've been instrumental in the passage of those laws, who didn't speak english except for a couple phrases, traditional values, family values, and they would tell me, they said the science upon which we are basing these laws comes from the american family association, the family research council, the very same places that david bahadi turned to for the so-called science that supports the uganda law. >> jeff sharlet, contributing editor for harper and is a nations institute fellow joining us from dartmouth university tonight. than...

You privately they still are quietly supporting this. >> he says some quietly support him. they gave hillary clinton this platform. it cannot be underestimated how powerful that platform is around the world skw how powerful that's going to be in uganda. david said the prayer breakfast has embraced sin but he forgives them. let's hope they use that influence. that bill is barreling towards passage, but it has very strong support. the president with whom they've had a relationship with 25 years, he's the man in uganda who can stop the bill. >> it may take more than prayer to stop that bill. than...

American politics? is there no price to be paid or what the level of high pock see the person that goes through the public humiliation of the south carolina governor to show up at the national prayer breakfast? >> that goes to the theology of the group, which says those in power are sort of anointed for power. mark sanford told us when he said i'm going to stay in the governor office because i'm like king david, which is an essential teaching of the group. david bahadi was not there this morning. he was under tremendous pressure not to attend. he was invited. he didn't attend because he said h...