Gay Reps. Hold Hearing on Uganda

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The media is focusing only on the Uganda genocide bill but what about the countries that already impose the death penalty and life imprisonment! Many of the countries are the US allies!! Current Death Sentence: Sudan, Mauritania, Nigeria, Somalia, *Saudi Arabia*, *United Arab Emirates(middle east tourist capital dubai)*, Iran, Yemen and the most surprising one! *Afghanistan!* We have occupied this country for 8 years but homosexuality is still a death sentence!? Life imprisonment: Barbados, Guyana, Myanmar, *Pakistan*, Uganda North American Countries that impose prison sentences: Belize 10 years, Jaimaca 10 years, Grenada 10 years, Dominica 10 years, Trinidad and Tobago 25 years Developed nations that impose prison sentences: Singapore Before you plan your next vacation please look up the current legal status of gay/lesbians.. Some countries will surprise you! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_by_country_or_territory

Considering that hateful black christians procreate 10 times faster than educated white people, this whole continent will look like Uganda in just 50 years. You can kiss your gay rights good-bye by 2050. No more support for black rights or the so-called "religious freedoms" from me.

As a gay, bi-racial man this article just destroys me. My first issue...why is it that only gay members of Congress have a problem with this bill. What is being pushed in Uganda is a precursor to genocide. It is upsetting that our government has not taken a stand against this as a whole. Secondly, why is the evangelical christian movement not accepting their award for this. Surely dead LGBT bodies en mass would please them. Christianity has practically destroyed the entire continent of Africa and let me not even get started on Islam. These people are poor and have been spiritually raped for centuries and they are still to this day being exploited by the religious right. What will it take for the world to stand up to this crap! Do we need holocaust part 500: The Resurrection! I do not understand! Every decent human being should have a problem with this regardless if you are gay or not because do not think it will just end with the gays being dealt with...it never does.

I commend Senators Baldwin, Frank and Polis for getting involved on the counter-front and in a way against the Senators who were involved with the law. I think Dan Massey (below) has the right idea, picket. The Family and others have been allowed to operate without a response. The international attention has already influenced the outcome. But I don’t think we’re spending more time on international concerns than on our own. I’m not sure however if the US can be the knight in shining armor for them. Europe has greater equality in this respect. For the Senators who were involved, we confronted them, they gave an expected response, some didn’t respond at all, and then our attention turned. Again, if we hammer them with their own actions (in a way they will not receive sympathy), they may be held accountable and have less of a chance of winning their elected position.

U.S.-based Family members are hosting their National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., on February 4 that will be attended by many of these high-ranking Ugandan officials supporting the Anti-Homosexuality Bill. Full Equality Now DC demands that no U.S. elected official, including President Obama, attend this event. In response to mounting international pressure, The Family recently disinvited David Bahati, and this pressure must not cease. As an alternative to The Family’s National Prayer Breakfast on February 4, faith communities throughout the U.S. are leading concurrent American Prayer Hours, including the District of Columbia, Dallas, Boston, Chicago, and Berkeley, California. What: American Prayer Hour/DC With: D.C. faith leaders and renowned gospel singer Ray Boltz When: Thursday, February 4, 10 a.m. Where: Calgary Baptist Church, 755 H Street NW Organized by: Truth Wins Out Co-Sponsored by: Full Equality Now DC

Full Equality Now DC rises in solidarity with LGBTQ Ugandans targeted by homophobic legislation being drafted by members of the “The Family,” a U.S.-led right wing group with more than 10,000 cells worldwide. Protest The Family’s Homophobic and Right Wing Agenda! What: Protest and Rally at The Family’s DC location When: Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 5:30 p.m. Where: The “C Street House,” 133 C Street SE, Washington, D.C. Organized and Sponsored by: Full Equality Now DC Visit www.fullequalitynowdc.org for more information. To endorse this action, contact info@fullequalitynowdc.org.

This is ALL a moot point. First of all it is DISGUSTING that our country is fighting harder for the rights of other countries far more than they are fighting for OUR own countries citizens. Secondly, todays Supreme court ruling has just put a final end to any hopes at all of gay marriage in our country...EVER!! The fight is over.

Where is the investigation into the republicans behind this bill? Are you telling me Congress can get involved in whether a bunch of baseball players are on steroids but they can't say one fucking word about members of their own organization being involved in attempted genocide? Why the hell aren't all of you demanding they be held accountable too. The HRC and our other rights groups aren't going to do a damn thing as usual. This isn't only about stopping this bill. It is about stopping the people responsible for it. If Congress won't do it we need to find a way to hold them accountable. Do we have any recourse in asking the UN to get involved and at least call out these people for what they are doing? Where is the European Union on this? They have the power to boycott doing business with countries that don't meet their standards. Why is the US always given a free pass by them? Odd that massacre is one of the works I have to type in to post this.