Uganda can greatly benefit from American evangelicals if they separate the Scott Lively extremists from the Rick Warren-type of moderate evangelicals. — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
The more I learned about religion in Africa, the more intrigued I became. It was as if the continent was gripped with… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
All the politicians in Uganda play to their fundamentalist benefactors in America because of the flow of money. — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
Why so much interest in Uganda? Why are American conservatives lobbing for hate? The answer is that they feel they have lost… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
After I read about Uganda's now famous "kill the gays" bill, I wanted to explore the religious forces behind it. As a… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
What is so attractive about Uganda for missionaries is that they have free rein. They can go anywhere they please - schools,… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
American missionaries have free rein in Uganda. They can go anywhere they please - schools, hospitals, parliament. — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
Someone sent an email to Reverend Joanna Watson [an American missionary] saying that I'm gay, and she sent it to all the… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
The first lady of Uganda is a devoted evangelical and beloved by the faith community. At an evangelical conference in Argentina, one… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
I didn't know the extent of American obsession with Uganda until I got there and saw it. You ride in the plane… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
I agree that Scott Lively is marginal, and that is exactly why evangelicals must not let him speak for them. But in… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
'God Loves Uganda' is a powerful exploration of the evangelical campaign to change African culture with values imported from America's Christian Right.… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
I can't believe that I'm sitting in meetings with Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Annette Bening. I want to take on that responsibility to… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share
I think what was special about 'Music by Prudence' was the classic story of the title subject's life path - from being an outcast… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share
I didn't have a lot of exposure to films as a kid, and I never went to the cinema. I had a single mom… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share
While shooting in Uganda in 2011, the conservative evangelical pastors I was filming - the most ardent supporters of the country's now infamous Anti-Homosexuality… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share
I grew up in a Southern Baptist-style church with a choir, a band, and music, but I've been asking myself my whole life, 'Why… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share
My mother worked as a maid, cleaning the fraternity dorm of the local college. — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share
As Mike Bickle said to me, there is a spiritual battle going on in the world, and he believes that in America marriage between… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share
I agree that Scott Lively is marginal, and that is exactly why evangelicals must not let him speak for them. But in Uganda, Scott… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share
Racism is a global problem and it is as damaging to Whites as it is to non-Whites. Everyone must fight against it. — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share
I both didn't know Owen [Suskind] beforehand and didn't have any connection to the autistic community. But Owen wasn't really a problem, because he… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share
I grew up in the church, and I went into the production of 'God Loves Uganda' intending to raise awareness of the abuse of… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share
I began filming 'God Loves Uganda' by first meeting some of the Ugandan and American missionaries who have helped create Uganda's evangelical movement. They… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share
Even after I won the Oscar, my phone did not ring. No one called me to fund films or offer projects. — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share
While growing up, I lived in my own fantasy world. I had kind of a rough childhood, so I created my own reality. — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share
![“Someone sent an email to Reverend Joanna Watson [an American missionary] saying that I'm gay, and she sent it to all the anti-gay pastors in Uganda. One of them said, "We're going to take care of this guy." When I was confronted by them I didn't know what they were going to do, but they decided to…” quote by Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a04/roger-ross-williams-5118_anti-gay_someone-sent-an-email-to-reverend-joanna_3057123.jpg)
