[Kahonek]

I do think that things are going a bit far when, as this bill states, one can be imprisoned for life in Uganda for touching another person “with the intent to commit a homosexual act” in a completely different country. Talk about thought crimes! This is ripe for abuse, even if it were justified on its face.

[aSeattleConservative]

I do think that things are going a bit far when, as this bill states, one can be imprisoned for life in Uganda for touching another person “with the intent to commit a homosexual act” in a completely different country. Talk about thought crimes! This is ripe for abuse, even if it were justified on its face.

Two things:
1) Thinking about touching someone would indeed be a "thought crime". The act of touching is a physical act; either physical contact was made between two people or it wasn't.
2) Homosexual acts of "touching" rarely involve a handshake.