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Country. it establishes penalties up to and including execution for the crime of being gay. despite reports that the bill was withdrawn and killing part was taken out, the bill has not been withdrawn and it includes execution as a penalty. the reason this murder is an american story is that the kill the gays bill author is connected not just to america's anti-gay religious quacks with their tennis rackets and bogus research. he's also connected to the family which organizes prayer breakfasts in uganda and has welcomed him to america where the street in washington is home to several conservativ...

America today who feel we're losing our freedoms while people of other faiths are gaining their freedoms. so it is a perception. whether it is right or wrong is still a perception. >> reporter: jane, he is also taking part in events here on capitol hill. jane: shannon, quickly a few weeks ago we heard a federal judge declared national day of prayer unconstitutional. what about the people who sued about that the fact that it is still happening today anyway? >> reporter: they're not happy. they have a full-page ad in "new york times" decrying what is happening today. they won in court. they said...

Bill is moving towards passage. it is a strong step. >> none of this, i think, had not rachel maddow made it a he real cause on her program. this was rachel on february 1st. >> one thing the family does openly take credit for in politics is the national prayer break faes. they do it here every year. every u.s. president since eisenhower attends the annual prayer breakfasts. there's the fact that two family members behind the kills the gays bill both said in recent weeks that they were planning on traveling to the u.s. to attend this year's prayer breakfast. alongside president obama and all th...

National prayer breakfast. they do it here every year. they have for decades. every u.s. president since eisenhower has attended these annual prayer breakfasts. they're seen as nonpartisan, relatively innocuous, if vaguely insulting to the idea of separation of church and state. but this year the family's sponsor seems rather less innocuous, even beyond the sex scandals and cover-ups of the c street house there's the allegation two family members behind the kill the gays bill both said in recent weeks that they it were planning on trafrlg to the u.s. to attend this year's prayer breakfast. alo...

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