Ugandan MPs pass bill punishing homosexuality with life in prison

RT ^ | December 20, 2013 14:38

[Pan_Yan]

The Ugandan parliament has ratified a bill that will see homosexuals imprisoned for life, if the person is caught in the act more than once, according to activists and reports on Friday.

One gay activist speaking to AFP following the vote said that now he is “officially illegal.”

This is the toughest measure to have been accepted in the country yet, although there was an even more severe version of the bill, which involved a controversial death penalty clause, something that was excluded from the final draft, said the politician behind the bill, David Bahati.

The document has now been sent to the office of President Yoweri Musevini for final approval.

Uganda has considered tough anti-gay laws before. The country saw its first official proposal in 2009, but it was stifled then following an international outcry, with US President Barack Obama calling the bill “odious.”

[Michael.SF.]

They are going to lock men who like men in a prison of men who like men, for the rest of their lives?

This is supposed to be their punishment?

[Michael.SF.]

[Feckless]

I’m sure this is the direct result of White European Colonialist Imperialism because everything Affican is pure and good....

[Red Badger]

Yeah, that’ll stop em!..................

[sagar]

Now let’s stone adulterers, burn witches, and kill unruly children.

[Red Badger]

Well, at least they’ll all be in one place..........kinda like speed dating.................

[jsanders2001]

While I don’t care for homosexual’s lifestyles in the least I wouldn’t condone death as punishment unless it was a serial pedophile rapist

[sickoflibs]

RE :”They are going to lock men who like men in a prison of men who like men, for the rest of their lives?
This is supposed to be their punishment?”

You beat me to it.

[freedomfiter2]

It will keep the filth from corrupting the entire culture. How’s the US tolerance for all evil working out?

[Grandma Conservative]

God does.

[rktman]

Sounds like a&e won’t be doing any filming in Uganda. Maybe bravo? Nah, they’re worse than a&e.

[Iron Munro]

It’s juat about certain that Barack Obama won’t be visiting Uganda anytime soon.

[papertyger]

Now let’s stone adulterers, burn witches, and kill unruly children.

Serious question: aside from prescribing these as capital crimes, do you think any of those things are worthy of punishment?

[11th Commandment]

I’m sure this is the direct result of White European Colonialist Imperialism because everything Affican is pure and good....

Your sarcasm has hit a bone or truth. Clearly what we are seeing in these non-western countries in regards to anti-homosexual laws is a reaction to what they witness in the west with the radical Homosexual agenda. It doesn't take a theoretical physicist to figure out the the homosexual agenda is being driven by court fiat and political payoff- not popular will. So you see these laws enacted to prevent the same fate.

This is why smart homosexuals in this country do not like A&E's action or when courts impose gays marriage. They understand this fascist and stalinist strategy will have devastating backlash.

[Vaduz]

Capital idea should be used in the states.

[freedomfiter2]

Oh no. We can’t punish evil. We should legalize torture, rape, robbery, murder and anything else man can invent. We’re so much smarter than God.

[Pan_Yan]

This is supposed to be their punishment?

Do you put people in prison to punish them or protect society?

[Michael.SF.]

both

[Kazan]

It will keep the filth from corrupting the entire culture. How’s the US tolerance for all evil working out?

You are correct. Once homosexuality is legalized, any culture will eventually end up like the US and many European nations have -- with marriage being perverted, homosexuality being promoted and with it being forced on the masses under the guise of equal rights.