Uganda Passes Foul Anti-Gay Law; Gays Now Face Life Imprisonment

Backwardness, ignorance and bigotry rule in Uganda

While progress is being made for equality in Cuba, New Mexico and even Utah, things in Uganda and other parts of Africa are grim.  Uganda has just passed an anti-gay law that will leave gays facing the possibility of life imprisonment.  It bears repeating that American Christofascists played a large role in whipping up anti-gay hysteria.  Having largely lost their anti-gay jihad in America, these foul individuals and organizations set their sights on backward, ignorant areas of Africa as fertile ground for the toxic agenda of hate and bigotry.  Among the lies disseminated by the "godly folk" is the lie that gays prey on children.  Never mind that most pedophiles are heterosexual males.  Hate, hypocrisy, and bigotry are what conservative Christianity is all about nowadays.  It is a cancer that needs to be eradicated.  Towleroad has details on the vicious law passed in Uganda:

Despite previous failed attempts to pass the so-called "Kill the Gays" bill, the Ugandan parliament has today successfully passed an amended version of the legislation that criminalizes "aggravated homosexuality" though removes the death penalty as a punishment, opting instead to imprison offenders for life should they suffer the maximum penalty. The AP has the report:
 

Homosexuality was already illegal in Uganda under a colonial-era law that criminalised sexual acts "against the order of nature", but the Ugandan politician who wrote the new law argued that tough new legislation was needed because gay people from the west threatened to destroy Ugandan families and were allegedly "recruiting" Ugandan children into gay lifestyles.

The Ugandan gay community has disputed this account, saying that Ugandan political and religious leaders had come under the influence of American evangelicals who wanted to spread their anti-gay campaign in Africa. They have singled out Scott Lively, a Massachusetts evangelical,who they sued in March 2012 under the Alien Tort Statute that allows non-citizens to file suit in the US if there is an alleged violation of international law...

Despite criticism of the bill abroad, it was highly popular among a lot of Ugandans who said the country had the right to pass laws that protect its children.

One can only hope that western nations will severe all aid to Uganda and leave it to suffer the consequences of its embrace of ignorance and bigotry.  Uganda is a political and social hell hole - I have a friend who is working there - which deserves every misfortune that befalls it.