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British MPs Blast Ugandan Antigay Bill



A contingent of 118 members of the British parliament have slammed the Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill, introduced in last year by a politician with ties to an American evangelical group.

In a motion drafted in part by U.K. gay rights activist Peter Tatchell, the group of MPs called on the Ugandan government to drop the proposed legislation, claiming it violates the African Charter of Human and People’s Rights. The motion further calls upon the Ugandan parliament t to decriminalize “same-sex acts between consenting adults in private, and outlawing discrimination against gay people.”

“Even if the death penalty is dropped, the Bill will remain unacceptable. It will still violate the equality guarantees of international human rights agreements," Tatchell said in a statement.

David Bahati, a Ugandan MP and author of the so-called kill the gays bill, which calls for the death penalty for some homosexual acts, is a member of the Family, a secretive evangelical group with extensive links to Capitol Hill.

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Reader Comments
  • Name: Davya
    Date posted: 4/6/2010 11:13:49 PM
    Hometown: Wynnewood, PA

    Comment:

    Bomb their oil fields. You educate radicals this way.

  • Name: Tod
    Date posted: 4/6/2010 10:57:08 PM
    Hometown: West Hollywood

    Comment:

    This is all good. Guys, the US has released statements against the bill. Here are some links here at Advocate.com. President Obama releases statement condemning the bill and the supporters tell him to mind his own business: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/12/12/White_House_Condemns_Uganda_Bill/ . Congress and Senate reject bill: http://advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/02/04/Congress_Issues_Bipartisan_Resolution_on_Uganda/ . House Representatives Frank, Baldwin and Polis hold hearings: http://www.advocate.com/News/News_Features/Gay_Reps_Baldwin_Polis_and_Frank_Hold_Hearing_on_Uganda/ . US Embassy in Uganda along with the French embassy also condemned the bill: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/11/02/France_and_US_Embassy_Condemn_Ugandan_Antigay_Bill.aspx . Thought you’d be interested. Sorry it's not easier to read. Don't include the period after the backslash or aspx. Keep up the fight.

  • Name: Mark
    Date posted: 4/6/2010 8:55:08 PM
    Hometown: Wappingers Falls

    Comment:

    Too bad our Congress and President don't have the guts to do the same, and to stop the imprisoning, raping, and killing of gays in the two countries the US now occupies (Iraq and Aftganistan) as well as in the rest of the Arab countries. Shame, shame, shame. It will only get worse when the Republican/Tea Party take over Congress after the November election.

  • Name: Paschal
    Date posted: 4/6/2010 6:29:54 PM
    Hometown: Sligo, Ireland

    Comment:

    Well the U.K. has outlawed discrimination based on sexual orientation in housing, employment and the provision of goods and services, so your point about the U.S. not outlawing discrimination basedon sexual orientation matters not at all in this matter. U.K. MPs aren't bound by the inaction of U.S. politicians. The reason for the fairly small number of MPs partaking in this is probablydue to laziness or something like that. The number is suprisingly low.

  • Name: Hk
    Date posted: 4/6/2010 4:05:11 PM
    Hometown: Irvine

    Comment:

    UH... only a 100?

  • Name: Bob
    Date posted: 4/6/2010 3:42:44 PM
    Hometown: HB

    Comment:

    It's exemplary that the MPs have called upon the Ugandan government to kill the bill but to ask them to outlaw gay discrimination is pretty out of their reach. The US still hasn't outlawed gay discrimination.



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