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Related: About this forumUgandan president condemned after passing anti-gay law
Source: The Observer
Ugandan president condemned after passing anti-gay law
David Smith, Africa correspondent
The Observer, Sunday 16 February 2014
Rights campaigners and health professionals have condemned Uganda's president after he said he would approve controversial anti-homosexuality laws based on the advice of "medical experts".
Yoweri Museveni told members of his governing party he would sign the bill prescribing life imprisonment for "aggravated homosexuality" that was passed by parliament late last year, dashing activists' hopes he might veto it.
Ofwono Opondo, a government spokesman, tweeted on Friday that "this comes after 14 medical experts presented a report that homosexuality is not genetic but a social behaviour".
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When Twitter users from around the world then criticised the announcement, Opondo responded: "Hey guys supporting homosexuals take it easy Uganda is a sovereign country #you challange (sic) the law in the courts."
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David Smith, Africa correspondent
The Observer, Sunday 16 February 2014
Rights campaigners and health professionals have condemned Uganda's president after he said he would approve controversial anti-homosexuality laws based on the advice of "medical experts".
Yoweri Museveni told members of his governing party he would sign the bill prescribing life imprisonment for "aggravated homosexuality" that was passed by parliament late last year, dashing activists' hopes he might veto it.
Ofwono Opondo, a government spokesman, tweeted on Friday that "this comes after 14 medical experts presented a report that homosexuality is not genetic but a social behaviour".
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When Twitter users from around the world then criticised the announcement, Opondo responded: "Hey guys supporting homosexuals take it easy Uganda is a sovereign country #you challange (sic) the law in the courts."
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/16/ugandan-museveni-passes-anti-gay-law
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Ugandan president condemned after passing anti-gay law (Original Post)
Eugene
Feb 2014
OP
no comment. I will just be told once again that I am going after the wrong people.
William769
Feb 2014
#1
Sometimes one has no choice but to hate some people. Some people are just barbarians and
RKP5637
Feb 2014
#4
The US should stop all of the money we give to them. What a bunch of bullshit to
RKP5637
Feb 2014
#3
William769
(55,148 posts)1. no comment. I will just be told once again that I am going after the wrong people.
This fucking place disgusts me.
theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)5. Could you give me some context?
Was there a discussion I missed? I definitely want to take a look.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)2. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr
I don't like to hate people, but I hate this guy.
Serious barbarian.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)4. Sometimes one has no choice but to hate some people. Some people are just barbarians and
there is no way around that fact. For some, change will never occur, and they will destroy you if they have the chance. It's sad, but so true. It took me a long time to realize there are purely evil people in the world.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)3. The US should stop all of the money we give to them. What a bunch of bullshit to
support an uncivilized country like Uganda. It is damn nonsense. Politicians whine about helping people in this country, yet they send $$$$$ in aid to Uganda.