Comments on: BREAKING: Uganda’s Main Opposition Party Comes Out Against Anti-Homosexuality Act

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[...] domestic and international groups on the Ugandan government to drop the proposed bill, and many Ugandans of all orientations and political affiliations are against it as well. The most recent development is that instead of execution, BLGT people and their allies might face [...]

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UGANDA OPPOSITION PARTY AGAINST LAW : PinkNews.co.uk — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:13:22 +0000

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By: Priya Lynn

Priya Lynn — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:03:47 +0000

Earlier he had promised to veto it – that doesn’t sound good.

By: David

David — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:00:12 +0000

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni will intervene to soften tough anti-gay legislation in a bid to address the concerns of the East African country’s Western partners who have expressed strong opposition to it, his top aide said on Thursday.

“We should not have an extreme position. The president will harmonise the two sides and address the concerns of the Europeans and our other development partners. We should put into consideration the position and concerns of our partners,” Musevenis spokesperson, Joseph Tamale Mirundi told the German Press Agency, dpa.

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By: gayuganda

gayuganda — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:28:38 +0000

Very interesting indeed.

The ruling party, NRM has more than a 2/3rds majority in parliament. Which the president controls.

And, UPC’s Benson Obua-Ogwal is the bill’s co-sponsor, though I think it was a case of let there be two names for ‘bipartisanship’

Maybe politicians will just be politicians, and, they sense an opportunity of ingratiating themselves with the ‘donors’… It is a very interesting development indeed!

Me, I just want one thing, the bill dropped…. Call me selfish. ha!

By: Priya Lynn

Priya Lynn — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:00:22 +0000

I admire the bravery of these people in speaking against this law in this climate of fear and vigilantiism.

By: Priya Lynn

Priya Lynn — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:59:34 +0000

Ooops, a typo there, that should say:

He sounds almost exactly like Pierre Trudeau when he came out against the Canadian law criminalizing same sex sex and said “The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation.”.

By: Priya Lynn

Priya Lynn — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:58:42 +0000

Hurray for Chris Opoka! He sounds almost exactly like Pierre Trudeau when he came out against the Canadian law against criminalizing same sex sex and said “The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation.”.