Ugandan anti-gay bill loses steam after local and international opposition

Dan82 · Aug 7, 2010

http://www.minnpost.com/globalpost/...team_after_local_and_international_opposition

Uganda's "Anti-Homosexuality Bill," which raised a worldwide uproar over its death penalty for gay sex, has stalled in parliamentary committee and it is unlikely to be passed in the current session, according to gay activists here.

Right from the start, on Oct. 13, 2009 when Ugandan member of parliament David Bahati submitted the bill, the proposed legislation caused national and international outrage.

Almost 10 months later, the bill remains with the Ugandan Parliament's Committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, never having made it to a vote.

The bill, if passed, calls for the death penalty in certain circumstances including, having same-sex relations while being HIV positive and engaging in gay sex with a minor.

Intense international lobbying urged a “softening” of the penalties within the bill and the Swedish government warned it would reduce its financial aid to Uganda if the bill were passed.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni distanced himself from the Anti-Homosexual Bill in January 2010. Subsequently, he created a government commission to investigate passage of the anti-gay bill.

In May, the commission advised that the bill be withdrawn from parliament...

http://www.minnpost.com/globalpost/...team_after_local_and_international_opposition
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Just Adam · Aug 7, 2010

it should be withdrawn an apology be made from the govt to the lgbt people of Uganda and the guy who proposed it arrested for i dunno discrimination or summat...maybe just being a bastard i dunno.

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