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Petition opposes Uganda gay bill

A 500,000-name petition opposing Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill is to be handed to the speaker of parliament. Ref. Source 3

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International Uproar over Uganda Anti-Gay Bill, Study Finds American Evangelicals Encouraging Homophobia

Proposed anti-gay legislation in Uganda has sparked international uproar. Homosexuality is already illegal in Uganda, but the new bill would impose much harsher punishments including life imprisonment and even the death penalty for some homosexual acts. We speak with a leading Ugandan gay rights organizer and a Zambian priest who has documented the role of American evangelicals in fostering homophobia in Uganda. Ref. Source 2

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Anti-Gay Fervor in Uganda Tied to Right-Wing US Evangelicals

Human rights activists in Uganda are warning that the lives of gay people are in danger after a newspaper published a front-page story featuring the names and photographs of what it called Uganda's 100 "top" gays and lesbians alongside a yellow banner that read "Hang Them." We look at the ties of the anti-gay movement in Uganda to the far-right evangelical movement here in the United States with Jeff Sharlet, author of C Street: The Fundamentalist Threat to American Democracy. Ref. Source 4

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Uganda passes anti-gay law

Ugandan lawmakers on Friday passed an anti-gay law that punishes aggravated homosexuality with life imprisonment. Ref. Source 4

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Uganda leader halts anti-gay bill because it's not a good way to cure 'abnormality':

In a letter to parliament, the president said homosexuality was caused by either "Random breeding" Or a need to make money. And lesbians, he added, choose female partners because of "Sexual starvation" And the failure to marry a man. Ref. Source 4

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Uganda to authorise life sentence for homosexuals:

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is set to sign a bill into law which prescribes life imprisonment for some homosexual acts. Ref. Source 6

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Uganda president: Homosexuals are 'disgusting':

"They're disgusting. What sort of people are they?" He said. "I never knew what they were doing. I've been told recently that what they do is terrible. Disgusting. But I was ready to ignore that if there was proof that that's how he is born, abnormal. But now the proof is not there." Ref. Source 3

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Uganda paper outs 200 "homos"

A UGANDA newspaper has listed 200 people it accused of being "homos", a day after the president signed one of the world's toughest anti-gay laws. Ref. Source 5