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Joshua Angell, also known as Josh Angell (born June 3, 1979), is an outspoken Liberal activist who has run a news blog since 2004, entitled "Voice Of The Majority" Angell, a frequent caller to radio shows such as Lynn Samuels, is often outspoken on what he calls "the lies of the Bush Crime Family". Known locally in Austin, Texas to appear at rallies and anti-war demonstrations, Angell is self described as "The most famous gay activist in Austin that everybody knows OF but nobody KNOWS".

African Bishop Refuses AIDS Money from 'Pro-Gay' Diocese
By Ross von Metzke
An African bishop has announced that he will not accept more than $350,000 of funding to help AIDS victims in his area because it comes from an American diocese that supported the election of a gay bishop two years ago. Jackson Nzerebende Tembo, the Bishop of South Rwenzori in Uganda, has rejected the money from the US diocese of Central Pennsylvania because its clergy and bishop, Michael Creighton, endorsed the election of Gene Robinson as Bishop of New Hampshire in 2003. In a statement released to an American conservative Episcopalian website but not to the US diocese, Bishop Nzerebende announced: "South Rwenzori diocese upholds the Holy Scriptures as true word of God... Of course this will affect some of our programs. This includes our AIDS program and [the money] they have been sending for... orphans' education. "We pray and believe that our God who created and controls silver and gold in the world will provide for the needs of His people. Halleluiah! Amen." Religious workers in Africa had asked the Pennsylvania diocese to provide $352,941 for the AIDS program and a small amount to help orphans with education fees. It sends doctors and nurses and helps to support a Christian foundation caring for more than 100 AIDS patients. Homosexuality remains a crime punishable by life imprisonment in Uganda, where government and religious leaders have taken one of the hardest lines against the gay issue, which threatens to split Anglicanism. The US and Canadian churches were asked at a meeting of Anglican archbishops in Northern Ireland last month not to attend international gatherings for the next three years or until they repented their liberal line on homosexuality. Although several African churches have declared themselves out of communion with the North Americans, they have mostly continued to quietly accept cash for church projects. The US Episcopal church has insisted that it does not attach strings to its donations.

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