A reader writes:

Have you heard about this rather secretive Christian group called The Family? Scary shit.

The journalist who’s been digging the most into their inner-workings just found out that the Ugandan politicians, who have proposed the sick anti-gay legislation you’ve been blogging about, are the core of this group, The Family, in Africa.

Jeff Sharlet was interviewed about his new book, The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power, on NPR’s Fresh Air earlier this week. Listen to the programme online here.

My reader is right, this is scary shit.