Comments on: The Quiet Death of Uganda’s “Kill the Gays” Bill?

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By: anteros

anteros — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 08:32:56 +0000

i’d be cautious about drawing conclusions based on delays simply because timetables and schedules mean absolutely nothing to ugandans. if the bill didnt meet any delays, that would be a surprise.

here are some ugandan stories about how delays are a part of everyday life, politics and everything:

http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/459/715116

http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/696490

http://www.computerworld.co.ke/articles/2010/02/02/audit-faults-huawei-ministry-ugandan-internet-project

oh by the way, cgauthier… if passed, the bill would have gay ugandans extradited from wherever they live.

…the bill needs to be officially trashed (not sure how, since i heard that it’s technically impossible for it to be withdrawn at this stage), homosexuality decriminalized, and discrimination based on sexual orientation outlawed.

By: cgauthier

cgauthier — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 04:00:09 +0000

Watching it fizzle out – or atrophy away is not the same as opposing the bill, valuing diversity, protecting life.

Exactly. It must be very hard to be a gay person living there, with or without the bill, since the public consensus is what put the bill up in the first place. I think I would move.

By: paul j stein

paul j stein — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 01:12:05 +0000

Follow the MONEY! The controllers of the MONEY have the POWER!

By: Zoe Nicholson

Zoe Nicholson — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:15:03 +0000

Watching it fizzle out – or atrophy away is not the same as opposing the bill, valuing diversity, protecting life. Countries that decriminalize homosexuality will not achieve balance until the put into place health and human services to educate the public, protect employment and housing, and full equality under the law. Our work is not done until that is done for all.

By: Lindoro Almaviva

Lindoro Almaviva — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:55:43 +0000

“I think it is useless and will not achieve what it intends to achieve,”

Translation:

If we pass this bill Uganda will loose all the aid that it has been receiving and it will hot the fan so fast… We have reconsider our priorities and we have realized that we like the aid that we receive and therefore we better keep it rather than having our dignitaries been told that they are a bunch of Neanderthals. Furthermore, we have come to the conclusion that whatever little tourism we get will be dead in no time flat and even the red cross will not send anyone here for fear of having to create an international situation defending an employee due to this witch hunt.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:31:23 +0000

Wow, they think there are things more important than repressing gays. More progressive than the Republican Party.