Sounds like he's been taking lessons from some of the anti-gay nuts here in the US (Peter LaBarbera must be so proud!). But just who is Pastor Ssempa- and why is he known as " Rick Warren's Man" in Africa ? Much more, including video, after the jump...

In the immediate aftermath of the presentation, which ended prematurely, Pastor Ssempa said he did not regret his actions.

Pastor Martin Ssempa on Tuesday plumbed the depths of notoriety when he offered graphic images of gay sex as proof of the need for tough penalties against homosexuals. But midway through his presentation, saved on a computer, most of his audience walked out, some visibly disturbed, leaving him to wonder if he had done anything wrong. The cleric seemed genuinely rattled when he asked: "Why should I be traumatised?"

His solution to garner support to kill gays in Uganda? Call a press conference, the latest in a series of events he is holding, to show fetish porn . I kid you not:

Ugandan pastor Martin Ssempa, who recently made news for planning on February 17th what he called a "million man march" in Uganda in support of the odious "kill the gays" bill , is getting concerned by the international pressure and outrage over the proposed Ugandan bill that would further criminalize homosexuality in the country, including adding life in prison and death sentences to the punishments.

Ssempa has long been the leading voice for anti-gay hate in Uganda.

Back in January 2009, after Saddleback Pastor Rick Warren was chosen to deliver the inaugural prayer at Obama's swearing-in, Mike Blumenthal wrote a scathing article about Warren's anti-gay, anti-HIV work in Uganda. A main player in the story? Pastor Martin Ssempa, whose website identifies him as "A Passionate Voice In The Global Fight Against HIV/AIDS." Blumenthal's piece tells a different tale:

However, an investigation into Warren's involvement in Africa reveals a web of alliances with right-wing clergymen who have sidelined science-based approaches to combating AIDS in favor of abstinence-only education...Warren's man in Uganda is a charismatic pastor named Martin Ssempa. The head of the Makerere Community Church, a rapidly growing congregation, Ssempe enjoys close ties to his country's First Lady, Janet Museveni, and is a favorite of the Bush White House. In the capitol of Kampala, Ssempa is known for his boisterous crusading. Ssempa's stunts have included burning condoms in the name of Jesus and arranging the publication of names of homosexuals in cooperative local newspapers while lobbying for criminal penalties to imprison them. With safe sex advocates on the run, Warren and Ssempa trained their sights on another social evil. In August 2007, Ssempa led hundreds of his followers through the streets of Kampala to demand that the government mete out harsh punishments against gays. 'Arrest all homos,' read placards. And: 'A man cannot marry a man.' Ssempa continued his crusade online, publishing the names of Ugandan gay rights activists on a website he created, along with photos and home addresses. 'Homosexual promoters,' he called them, suggesting they intended to seduce Uganda's children into their lifestyle. Soon afterwards, two of President Yoweri Museveni's top officials demanded the arrest of the gay activists named by Ssempa. Terrified, the activists immediately into hiding.

So what did Rick Warren's man show at his porn screening for hate? Ariel Rubin has the details over at HuffPo in a piece with the brilliant title "Scat Porn and Prayer? Welcome To Sssempa World":

Said Ssemps: "I will not call them gays any more, these are sodomites. And I ask you please, in the media, stop misusing the word gay, which means happy people. These are not happy people." A pornographic slideshow of black and white photographs of men engaging in scatological fetishism is revealed. "I want to show you from their website", he proclaims, a devious smile forming. "I've taken the time to research what homosexuals do in the privacy of their bedroom. It is inhuman, it is animalistic, and it cannot be right. I want to show you these pictures." The audience lurches forward, leering at the pictures and groaning in disgust. This coming from a man of god, a community and church leader, and yet also the co-author of a bill which makes touching another person "with the intention to commit homosexuality" an offense punishable by life in prison.

Head over to read the full, sickening report.

Also, my friend Andy Towle of Towleroad just posted a video (via Box Turtle Bulletin) of Ssempa on the show "Hot Seat"bleating about the evils of homosexuality by graphically describing scatological fetishes and fisting. Ssempa has obviously long been obsessed with this- he must be a big fan of "Two Girls, One Cup":

Ssempa is a man with deep ties to American Evangelicalism. He is not only pals with Rick Warren, but also has connections with the secretive political religious group "The Family", whose C Street House has been the focus of controversy after Mark Sanford and John Ensign's extra-marital affairs and who host the National Prayer Breakfast every year- which President Obama will be attending, as have Presidents before him.

This is fundamentalism exported from our shores. Ssempa is using a playbook created by the anti-gay forces here in the US: show gay men as depraved, evil, sick perverts who deserve to be imprisoned or put to death.

I wonder exactly who the audience that walked out on Pastor "Show Some Scat" Ssempa left thinking was the depraved one. Like "Porno Pete" LaBarbera and Westboro Baptist Church before him, I hope Ssempa's message shows people the sheer hatred behind these anti-gay laws and this type of "activism."