Uganda Antigay Sentiments Hit Close to Home

I keep seeing this topic over and over again with politicians and many group leaders and celebrities speaking out against it and I have to ask... What are we actually doing about it? If you care enough to read these articles, do you care enough to do anything? I believe that it is true in this case that my voice will have little to no effect in the decision making of this bill. From what I have read, I am almost certain that Uganda's leaders have their minds set in passing this bill. So what can we do? How about prepare for the worst now in figuring out how we can help those Ugandans if the bill passes. If you're interested in what I have to say and what my proposals are, email me. UgandaAsylum@yahoo.com

This is extremely disturbing. We know that in Egypt, Iran, and some other majorly Islamic countries gays are frequently harassed, rounded up, thrown into jail or worse. But in Uganda legislation is to be passed which will produce a climate of such fear that many people who are NOT gay will be reported as such, with dire consequences. And Christian, religious, USA Republicans appear to have sponsored this legislation! And the Democrats now in power have it in their gift to intervene with forceful authority but have not. This really needs exposing!

Horrific is the line that reads: "The new legislation . . . further states that anyone who fails to report a homosexual to the government within 24 hours will be sentenced to three years in prison." We must all imagine the climate of absolute FEAR that that clause, above, will induce! If you suspect someone of being gay in Uganda, then you MUST report him/her immediately otherwise you get three years in prison! Just imagine the effects this will have. EVERYONE in the population will live in a state of fear! For the police may turn up at your door at any time and take you away because, they say, you were aware that someone was gay! People will indeed report anybody they can OUT OF FEAR, to DEMONSTRATE their cooperation with the legislation. People may well report entirely innocent people purely to demonstrate to the authorities that they (the reporters) are cooperating with the law. They will do this as a kind of insurance policy, so that no one will be able to point the finger at them

@rick, you said you want gays to, "...organize a very large and vocal protest against the Americans connection to 'The Family'". Do you think they give a rat's ass about a protest? We need to INVESTIGATE these bastards, find the skeletons in their closets, and then expose them to destroy whatever political career they might have. We need to dismantle their lives. Hit them with every frivolous lawsuit we can imagine, and keep them tied up in court for decades, making them shell out hundreds of thousands in legal fees. In every horror movie, what's the biggest mistake victims make? THEY TURN THEIR BACK ON AN ENEMY THEY THOUGHT DEAD. Know our enemies: Republicans and Fundamentalists of any faith. If you don't think this is war, you'll be a victim.

If we as a community have any real self-respect and dignity and truly believe in justice and equality, we will organize a very large and vocal protest against the Americans connection to "The Family" and to this Ugandan anti-gay legislation. We simply cannot allow American elected officials who supported this Nazi-type legislation to get by without taking responsibility for their actions. We must demand answers and demand them now.

If Obama speaks to this group it will prove that all of his critics are correct.

Who wrote this article, Obahma didn't comment immediately upon hearing about "kill the gays", in fact it was several weeks before he made any sort of comment, the Canadian and British PMs spoke to the Ugandan PM several weeks prior to Obahma making a statement, in fact his statement onlu came days before he was to recieve the Nobel prize he didn't deserve. He has not announced where the prize money is to be donated to, but I would only wish it goes to one of the countries that he has ignored and let down.World leaders as a whole have let down the citizens of Africa, they have not witheld funding which goes into the coffers of these despots instead of to the programs they are meant for. We only have to look at the children starving in countries we send food to, Faith based AIDS care which we all know doesn't work, the idea of teaching theology to tribes which predate any society or belief we adhere to is hubris at best, arrogance in practice. Spare me the baptists of the world.