http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2010/05/27/23051 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Sat, 25 May 2013 23:59:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2010/05/27/23051/comment-page-1#comment-84927 the skygod's burden Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:55:24 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=23051#comment-84927 "you’re suggesting that Ugandans cannot think for themselves... refreshes the memories of colonialism" as if fundie christian "missionaries" don't refresh the memory of colonialism? “you’re suggesting that Ugandans cannot think for themselves… refreshes the memories of colonialism”
as if fundie christian “missionaries” don’t refresh the memory of colonialism?

]]> http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2010/05/27/23051/comment-page-1#comment-69366 KZ Sat, 29 May 2010 16:17:21 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=23051#comment-69366 He claims to be 'pro-family' but would turn a gay relative in to the police? Ugandans don't need protection from homosexuals. They need protection from Mr. Bahati. He claims to be ‘pro-family’ but would turn a gay relative in to the police? Ugandans don’t need protection from homosexuals. They need protection from Mr. Bahati.

]]> http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2010/05/27/23051/comment-page-1#comment-69275 Lynn David Fri, 28 May 2010 04:17:26 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=23051#comment-69275 Totally delusional. Totally delusional.

]]> http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2010/05/27/23051/comment-page-1#comment-69232 PW Thu, 27 May 2010 19:59:22 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=23051#comment-69232 There is no leadership in this bill. This bill is yet another example of why individual freedoms have to be protected against religious extremism. Mr. Bahati reasons that he knows that gays would be 'doing something bad to our society'. Well, Mr. Bahati, how many people have suffered and died over the millennia because someone decided that about them? How many Christians have been declared 'enemies of the state' over the centuries? How can you as a leader be so blind to the reality that the legal gun you are pointing at gays can't be turned against you? Why would you be so blind to the abuse of power this law represents and the ugly precedent it sets? You invoke the typical nonsense that it's about society and the children, yet these kind of benighted laws undermine society because they attack human dignity and freedom. How free do you think the children of Uganda will be living under a government who decides based on the rhetoric of foreigners who deserves to live free? You speak of colonialism and resisting it, well that rings hollow given that you are listening and repeating the rhetoric of Americans who thank goodness are restrained by society and the Constitution from implementing vicious laws like this here in America. There is no leadership in this bill. This bill is yet another example of why individual freedoms have to be protected against religious extremism. Mr. Bahati reasons that he knows that gays would be ‘doing something bad to our society’. Well, Mr. Bahati, how many people have suffered and died over the millennia because someone decided that about them? How many Christians have been declared ‘enemies of the state’ over the centuries? How can you as a leader be so blind to the reality that the legal gun you are pointing at gays can’t be turned against you? Why would you be so blind to the abuse of power this law represents and the ugly precedent it sets? You invoke the typical nonsense that it’s about society and the children, yet these kind of benighted laws undermine society because they attack human dignity and freedom. How free do you think the children of Uganda will be living under a government who decides based on the rhetoric of foreigners who deserves to live free? You speak of colonialism and resisting it, well that rings hollow given that you are listening and repeating the rhetoric of Americans who thank goodness are restrained by society and the Constitution from implementing vicious laws like this here in America.

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