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posted Friday, December 11, 2009 - Volume 37 Issue 50 Anti-gay bigots plunge Africa into new era of hate crimesguardian.co.uk The Observer Uganda is likely to pass a law within months that will make homosexuality a capital offence, joining 37 other countries in the continent where American evangelical Christian groups are increasingly spreading bigotry 'Learned behaviour can be unlearned,' said David Bahati. 'You can't tell me that people are born gays. It is foreign influence that is at work.' Bahati has just presented his anti-homosexuality bill 2009 to Uganda's parliament. The bill, which will be debated within a fortnight and is expected to become law by February, will allow homosexuality to be punishable by death. "Most people have misunderstood the bill," Bahati told the Observer. "The section of the death penalty relates to defilement by an adult who is homosexual and this is consistent with the law on defilement which was passed in 2007. The whole intention is to prevent the recruitment of under-age children, which is going on in single-sex schools. We must stop the recruitment and secure the future of our children." full story: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/13/death-penalty-uganda-homosexuals |
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