http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091208/ap_on_re_af/af_uganda_gay_death_penalty

KAMPALA, Uganda – Proposed legislation would impose the death penalty for some gay Ugandans, and their family and friends could face up to seven years in jail if they fail to report them to authorities. Even landlords could be imprisoned for renting to homosexuals.

I really can't believe this is actually a bill their govt. is trying to pass. Regardless of your feelings on gay rights no one deserves this! I don't even know if I should post this here maybe more for politics, be civil though but I think its a story that needs to be out there. I mean its 2009 and a nations govt. wants to kill people for their sexuality, good god!! And no I'm not gay!

Wow, talk about extreme. Damn, I was just about ready to move to Uganda, too.

In that part of the world they kill people for less.

That's why I don't travel.

Shit, I think my sad, sad hometown would impose this if they could get away with it.

I'll make sure my boyfriend doesn't move there, since he's the gay one, not me!

Can't send in the UN, they'll just rape the women.

gut wrote: In that part of the world they kill people for less.

How can you have less than not a crime?

You should be locked up in a mental facility if you want to move to Uganda anyways.

Fab1b wrote:If you have more than $10, don't move to Uganda!!

fixed

you like fishsticks??? you like to put fishdicks in your mouth?? what are you?? a gay fish?

To be fair, I'm sure it is more about slowing the spread of AIDS than just simple homophobia. Still it is rather ridiculous.

Soda Popinski wrote:

gut wrote: In that part of the world they kill people for less.

How can you have less than not a crime?

less=ethnic cleansing

I did a report on Jamaica and being Gay there is forbidden and can also result in death, As well as oral sex is Illegal and Anal sex with a women shows that a man is an in the closet homosexual...... And gay people thought they dont have rights here in the United States

Soda Popinski wrote:

gut wrote: In that part of the world they kill people for less.

How can you have less than not a crime?

You can have your arms, legs, and head hacked off with axes or machetes for hitchhiking...which is not a crime over there any way you cut it.

pnhasbeen wrote: That's why I don't travel.

Are you gay?

I'm not gay and I don't plan on moving to Uganda, so even if I was gay, it wouldn't make a difference. Who in the hell wants to live in Uganda?

Soda Popinski wrote:

gut wrote: In that part of the world they kill people for less.

How can you have less than not a crime?

Maybe they kill you for adopting less fortunate children? Angelina and Esther (formerly Madonna) better watch out!

Wow. Absurd.

Wow. Way too extreme.

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rydawg5[/size]....do NOT move to Uguanda!

Cleveland Buck wrote: To be fair, I'm sure it is more about slowing the spread of AIDS than just simple homophobia. Still it is rather ridiculous.

I'm sure that is how proponents will spin it to get support.

This really made me sick reading this. But really bothered me was the sort of passive support some Americans quoted in the article were giving to the intent of the bill.

"I agree with the general goal but this law is far too harsh," said Lively, a California-based preacher and author of "The Pink Swastika" and other books that advise parents how to "recruit-proof" their children from gays.

I still don't understand how anyone can still think that homosexuality is a choice. It is not. And they don't "recruit" people to be gay. I seriously hope nobody on here believes that, and if you do, I am so sad for you.

Yes efforts should be made to promote responsible sexual relationships, for both gays and heterosexuals alike, but as the article mentioned, a bill like this will push gays further underground, and may actually worsen the AIDS situation.

Yikes.

dwccrew wrote:

pnhasbeen wrote: That's why I don't travel.

Are you gay?

I'm not gay and I don't plan on moving to Uganda, so even if I was gay, it wouldn't make a difference. Who in the hell wants to live in Uganda?

lol no but so many countries have weird ass laws and things that will get you killed that wouldn't here. I'm already an offensive person here, over there I'd be satan.

Well said websurfinbird...

Also, gays are not the only people who spread AIDS. It makes me sad that people still blame AIDS on gays. It may have spread faster in that community because of the lack of safer sexual practices and a higher rate of promiscuity, especially in the beginning of the spread of AIDS. Unfortunately, this misconception only hurts everyone because straight people feel like it won't happen to them because they are not gay.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/34337416#34337416

Pretty sure Idi Amin was gay.