Last week, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit vindicated Pastor Scott Lively in an appeal filed by the Liberty Counsel in June 2017. “This is it. This is the resounding, grand-slam, home-run victory I’ve been waiting for,” Lively told The Boston Globe. The pastor filed the appeal after winning a summary judgment against LGBT activists known as the Sexual Minorities of Uganda. (SMUG). SMUG
sued Lively in 2012 for sharing his biblical views on homosexuality during three visits to Uganda in 2002 and 2009. SMUG had tried to sue Lively under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), accusing him of “international crimes against humanity.” In 2013, the US Supreme Court confirmed that the ATS was never intended to allow a foreign citizen to sue a US citizen. According to a press release from the Liberty Counsel, instead of dismissing the case, US District Judge Michael A. READ MORE
