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===== Fundamentalist position ===== It is in some [[Christian fundamentalism|fundamentalist conservative]] positions, that there are [[anti-LGBT]] activists on TV or radio who accuse homosexual people of a [[gay agenda]] and of being responsible for social problems, such as terrorism.<ref>"Some notable fundamentalist and conservative evangelical television and radio speakers frequently blame gays in America for an assortment of social problems, including terrorism (β¦)" in Roger E. Olson, ''The Westminster Handbook to Evangelical Theology'', Westminster John Knox Press, USA, 2004, p. 315</ref><ref name = siker>Jeffrey S. Siker, ''Homosexuality and Religion: An Encyclopedia'', Greenwood Publishing Group, USA, 2007, p. 114</ref><ref>Ralph R. Smith, Russel R. Windes, ''Progay/Antigay: The Rhetorical War Over Sexuality'', SAGE Publications, USA, 2000, p. 29</ref><ref>David Rayside, ''Faith, Politics, and Sexual Diversity in Canada and the United States'', UBC Press, Canada, 2011, p. 73-74</ref> Some fundamentalists also regularly accuse homosexuals of being responsible for [[natural disasters]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Dominey-Howes |first1=Dale |last2=Gorman-Murray |first2=Andrew |last3=McKinnon |first3=Scott |title=Queering disasters: on the need to account for LGBTI experiences in natural disaster contexts |journal=Gender, Place & Culture |date=2014 |volume=21 |issue=7 |pages=905β918 |doi=10.1080/0966369X.2013.802673 |s2cid=146478126 |url=https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/21638}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Dowling |first1=Tim |title=Superstorm Sandy and many more disasters that have been blamed on the gay community |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2012/oct/30/hurricane-sandy-disasters-blamed-gay-community |access-date=24 August 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=30 October 2012}}</ref> Some evangelical churches in [[Uganda]] strongly oppose homosexuality and homosexuals. They have campaigned for laws criminalizing homosexuality.<ref>Ezra Chitando, Adriaan van Klinken, ''Christianity and Controversies Over Homosexuality in Contemporary Africa'', Routledge, UK, 2016, p. 8</ref>
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