Ugandan anti-gay measure will be law soon, lawmaker says

Dan82 · Oct 28, 2010

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/10/27/uganda.antigay.bill/

The member of the Ugandan Parliament behind a controversial "anti-gay" bill that would call for stiff penalties against homosexuality -- including life imprisonment and the death penalty -- says that the bill will become law "soon."

"We are very confident," David Bahati told CNN, "because this is a piece of legislation that is needed in this country to protect the traditional family here in Africa, and also protect the future of our children."

Governments that have donated aid to Uganda and human rights groups applied massive pressure since the bill was proposed a year ago, and most believed that the bill had been since shelved.

Not so, says Bahati, adding, "Every single day of my life now I am still pushing that it passes."

His statements come in the wake of a global outcry over a tabloid publication of Uganda's "top 100 homosexuals" that included pictures and addresses of Ugandans perceived to be gay.

The Ugandan newspaper Rolling Stone -- no relation to the U.S. magazine -- published the list in early October. Since then, at least four Ugandans have been attacked, according to gay rights groups in the country...

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Ugandan anti-gay measure will be law soon, lawmaker says

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