The Relationship Between Republicans and Family Watch International

Last year, Republicans in Arizona lined up behind a bill that would have punished teachers and opened them up to lawsuits. During that same session, Republicans also pushed legislation that would have banned books like Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sing's or George Orwell's 1984. What those two bills had in common is that to create those bills, Republicans consulted with the same far right interest group called Family Watch International. Just weeks ago, this Arizona group was one of the key organizers of a conference in Uganda where lawmakers from more than a dozen countries promised they would push anti-gay laws there. The Parliament in Uganda passed what amounts to a new Kill the Gays bill that would impose