Family Rep Talks to Maddow About Uganda

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Rachel Maddow continues her investigation into Uganda's pending antigay law, this time profiling the religious group the Family.

Maddow says it wasn't until her show tied the Family -- and with it several high-profile conservative politicians and religious figures -- to the "kill the gays" bill that anyone agreed to appear on the show.

Bob Hunter, a longtime member of the Family and the director of insurance for the Consumer Federation of America, sits down with Maddow in an attempt to distance the Family and himself from the bill.

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