A Ugandan tabloid published the names of 200 “top” homosexuals after President Yoweri Museveni signed an anti-gay law Monday that makes certain consensual homosexual acts punishable with prison time.
Under the headline “Exposed,” the tabloid, Red Pepper, appears to be launching a witch-hunt in Uganda, where gay acts are already illegal.
The new law bans promotion of homosexuality and specifies the illegality of lesbianism, too. Anyone convicted of “attempt to commit homosexuality” or “aiding and abetting homosexuality” will now face a penalty of seven years in prison. Even a person who “keeps a house, room, set of rooms, or place of any kind for purposes of homosexuality” will face seven years in prison.
Opposing Views has more on Uganda’s gay witch-hunt…
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There’s something horribly familiar here. Once a government declares a class of its citizens as less than human and not worthy of living, the inevitable result is mass violence against those people. The law will persecute gay people in Uganda but the citizens, largely whipped on by loony evangelicals who dare to call themselves Christian, will do most of the killing in a far more personal way. Look to Rwanda as an example of how the process works. In the meantime, let’s stop giving money to the Ugandan government and impose every kind of political sanction that makes it less… Read more »
You’re absolutely right — this is how it always goes. The writing is on the wall, and this is precisely the kind of situation that calls for international sanctions on the basis of human rights.