Maddow on Uganda and The Family

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow and journalist Jeff Sharlet on Monday discussed the proposed bill in Uganda that would impose penalties including death on gay people in the African country, an American ally.

Sharlet, author of The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power, detailed the connections between high-powered American conservatives known as the Family and antigay Ugandan leaders such as President Yoweri Museveni; pastor Martin Ssempa, an associate of Saddleback Church leader Rick Warren; and David Bahati, the Uganda lawmaker who sponsored the draconian bill.

Maddow asked Sharlet whether a statement of opposition from an influential figure like Warren would be enough to stop the bill.

"We don't know because they're not trying," said Sharlet.

Watch the segment below.