Friday, January 8, 2010

Uganda Anti-Gay Bill "Not Necessary"

Ugandan minister says that the gay death penalty is "unnecessary".

Under current Ugandan law, a person can go to prison for 14 years if they are caught involved in a homosexual act, and Minister of State Investments Aston Kajara says that this punishment is "quite enough".

Some countries, like Sweden, are threatening to stop their aid to Uganda if they pass the anti-gay bill, and so this voice of dissension in the government may be financially--rather than humanistically--motivated, but it is a start. I hope that, under the current system in Uganda, no one accuses Kajara of homosexuality or tortures or murders him for his dissension. If that is the case, then Uganda is not a democracy after all.

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