Now, I’d admit that the ex-gay movement is not as careful as they could be in dealing with science. Undoubtedly a certain amount of the science they’ve promoted is indeed “junk.”

That can equally well be said of the gay movement, however. The scientific standards of sexual orientation research are in general abysmally low. It happens that one of the best known studies on sexual orientation, still being used by both sides in the debate, is completely worthless. I have something to say about that on my blog.

…a bill that calls for the death sentence of gay people under certain circumstances (a penalty which could conceivably be extended to include just about anyone due to the bill’s sloppy language), and the virtual criminalization of anyone who knows or comes in contact with gay people.

Far from the language being sloppy, it is more likely a case of being insidiously ambiguous. On the one hand, it holds up the “honorable” objective of preserving family and culture in Uganda against the invasion of Western moral corruption; and on the other hand, (as the election campaigns of next year rev into full action) it provides a legal means of removing any political or ideological opponents by the current regime.