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Hater Depot
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
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 Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 7:19 am Post subject: Uganda to make homosexuality illegal |
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http://www.ippf.org/en/News/Intl+news/Uganda+Homosexuals+Face+Death+Penalty.htm
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Aggravated homosexuality will be punished by death, according to a new bill tabled in Parliament yesterday.
The private member's bill was tabled by Ndorwa West MP David Bahati (NRM).
A person commits aggravated homosexuality when the victim is a person with disability or below the age of 18, or when the offender is HIV-positive.
The bill thus equates aggravated homosexuality to aggravated defilement among people of different sexes, which also carries the death sentence.
The Bill, entitled the Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009, also states that anyone who commits the offence of homosexuality will be liable to life imprisonment.
This was already the case under the current Penal Code Act.
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The bill further states that anybody who "attempts to commit the offence" is liable to imprisonment for seven years.
"The same applies to anybody who 'aids, abets, counsels or procures another to engage in acts of homosexuality' or anybody who keeps a house or room for the purpose of homosexuality.
The bill also proposes stiff sentences for people promoting homosexuality.
They risk a fine of sh100m or prison sentences of five to seven years. |
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bacasper
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 9:20 am Post subject: |
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Is this really Uganda's most serious problem? The people behind this initiative must be some serious closet cases.
Ironies abound.
Uganda on Track to Have World's Highest Population Growth If anyone needed homosexuality, it would seem to be Uganda.
Also, Uganda is neighbor to the only habitat of man's closes relative, the bonobo ape, perhaps the most peaceful primate species on the planet, which engages in sex and all age and sex combinations for conflict resolution, tension reduction, and recreation.
www.bonobo.org |
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Abe Scrap
Joined: 01 May 2011
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| Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 9:38 am Post subject: |
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Bill coming up for vote in 24-72 hours
The notorious bill moving through Uganda's legislature that would render homosexuality a crime punishable by death in some cases may come up for a vote this week, the AP reported Monday. The main backer of the bill, Ugandan lawmaker David Bahati, told the AP that the death penalty clause is "something we have moved away from." But there has been no official announcement that it has been dropped. Homosexuality is already widely condemned in Uganda, a nation where tabloid newspapers attempt to "name and shame" gays and lesbians by running their names on the front page with banner headlines that say "hang them."
Under the original draft of the bill, which could be revised before a final vote, anyone convicted of committing a homosexual act could face life in prison. Anyone who "aids, abets, counsels or procures another to engage of acts of homosexuality" � including landlords who rent to gays and lesbians � could face up to 7 years in prison.
AllOut has a petition to Uganda President Yoweri Museveni urging him to vow to veto the bill. Click here to add your name. |
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young_clinton
Joined: 09 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 6:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Rote learning's finest hour. |
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geldedgoat
Joined: 05 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Abe Scrap wrote: |
| AllOut has a petition to Uganda President Yoweri Museveni urging him to vow to veto the bill. Click here to add your name. |
And this week in Biggest Feelgood Wastes of Time... |
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ThingsComeAround
Joined: 07 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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Oh how will they ever enforce this?   |
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Abe Scrap
Joined: 01 May 2011
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| Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 6:02 am Post subject: |
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| geldedgoat wrote: |
| Abe Scrap wrote: |
| AllOut has a petition to Uganda President Yoweri Museveni urging him to vow to veto the bill. Click here to add your name. |
And this week in Biggest Feelgood Wastes of Time... |
Why do you believe that, if enough pressure were brought to bear, that it wouldn't have an effect? |
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Abe Scrap
Joined: 01 May 2011
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| Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 6:45 am Post subject: |
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Debate has been rescheduled for Friday. |
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