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Gay Witch Hunts – Uganda Hates Us!
Posted by cuteptaguy • 10/17/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: anti-homosexuality bill, homophobia, uganda
Who would have thought that in this day and age real life witch hunts could still occur? Living in a country where homosexuality is legal and gay marriage has been made possible, I sometimes forget how fortunate I am, and sometimes I can be oblivious to the suffering of others. But every now-and-again I am reminded of how much hate still exists and that discrimination is still rampant. This led me to ask, do we as a world society really care enough about what happens outside the boarders of our own comfort zone to get off our lazy behinds to do something about it?
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Never mind, just love yourself or perhaps, you like to so the hunting for a change.-
hunting, I don't thinks so - I like bambe!
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there is always intolerance, it is a great teacher for us to find compassion-
True, but what I can't understand is how a country like Uganda could still be living the dark ages with this new Anti-Homosexuality Bill they want to pass. It's beyond my comprehension how they can persecute their own people like that.
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there is limited thought in all cultures
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Most people are hollow echoes of their culture, which makes matters even worse. -
It's time people start asserting their human rights. I am aware this is easier said than done, but complacency to intolerance and discrimination only worsens matters. I also think it's important for people who are fortunate enough to live in countries that are more tolerant to be a voice for those who are oppressed and suffering.
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Uganda is a country where girls as young as 8 or 9 are often sold into the sex trade by their own families or kidnapped into it (or even join up voluntarily because they have no other means of survival), and seasoned prostitutes of 12 and 13 pray for more customers so that they will be allowed to eat. One would think they would have bigger things to worry about, but it's hard to imagine being surprised by anything that occurs there. -
Uganda has many problems, and I must say their sense of morality is strange. They seem like bigots to me.
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What VK says is true. Most people identify with the customs and traditions of their culture and anything different scares them to death.-
This is also true, even in more developed 1st world countries this is the case, but it should be an excuse or blanket explanation to justify ignorance.
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meant to say "SHOULD NOT be ans excuse....."
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you need to open minds that is what it is going to take. Gay, Bisexual, Nudity, Swapping are all taboo. It is the lack of people opening their mind to accept diffrence. Even for the handicapped I have worked with. People are scared because they are different. If it is not within the norms for that person then it bad. You would not make it in this community either. They have their thoughts and a church on evefy corner. You would have a safe place here in my house but not out side my door. I live in the US and it is hard for them to accept any one diffrent in my small community. They dont even accept me and I have been here for 7 years. No I am not gay but I am totaly diffrent in religious thoughts and the way I treat people. I am more accepting thatn they ever dared to be. My step son who is gay couldnt let any one here know that. It is a scary world to live in with all the peosonal hate, religous hate, and sexual intolerance that is teached in the world. Just because you are different then you are wrong.-
It's truly a sad state of affairs. I wonder whether things will ever change?
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[Just because you are different then you are wrong.]
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It's just plain ignorance!
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One thing I find curious is how antinudity the Church is, and yet, it is worth noting that it was only AFTER Adam & Eve tried to hide from God that they wore clothes, and not because God mandated it, but because of their own damnable folly! There was no righteousness in Adam & Eve wearing clothes - it's a perfect example of God both punishing and accepting wickedness, and all the human history of people wearing masks, lying, playing games socially and manipulating, and distorting their own hearts for the sake of society and the way they are viewed from outside, along with the separation from God that comes from such attitudes, stems from that moment of biting the apple.
I'm sorry your town has had such a hard time accepting you. Of course, you could live in Bankhead (rundown and bleak but somewhat eclectic neighborhood of Atlanta where I live right now) and no one would know you anyways. But that's another subject for another time. I'm kidding mostly - it's not exceptionally rural here but they are fairly accepting in that way.
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Change is slow, and there are always setbacks. But one keeps trying.
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And one should never stop trying.
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People are brought up to believe certain things are right and wrong, good and evil. Only education, constant exposure to different viewpoints, or some powerful personal experience can cause them to re-examine and perhaps change their beliefs.
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Some people are just to ignorant or lazy to make the effort, I think this is the biggest problem wit society.
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just come over here for dinner and you would be accepted with out questions asked. I look at the person and not what they do but who they are. Hubby is the same way.
Be apart of the NP hippy farm we are starting here.-
Unless what they do constitutes who they are. An obsessive serial killer, for example.
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Amy, you're fabulous. A real jewel.
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I agree, Amy you set a good example wish there were people in the world like you.
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I just need some land and we can have a hippy farm. I think it would be great. Live life the way you want here as long as it doesnt harm children and we dont scrafice animals (not talking about a pig for a pig roast) Come on down I have 2 acers so far
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We can start our own small liberal village in the middle of conservative town
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Why now this new bill in Uganda? Change of government? public opinion changed? It would be interesting to know - the answer might lead to an avenue for protest.-
Uganda has always been homophobic like most African countries. The only difference now is that this new bill will make their homophobic legislation even more stringent as anyone who supports or promotes homosexuality (activists or sympathizers)could now also be prosecuted.
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I see. So they are tweaking/adding to existing legislation.
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I apologize, the Ugandan government seems to blow me off each time I try heavy-handed techniques to make them change their ways. Apparently one woman from Idaho can't make a difference after all. Hmph.-
That's where you are mistaken, it only takes one person to instigate change. In South Africa the gay rights groups have actually start sending out press releases yesterday and our government is set to respond during this week. Never underestimate the power of a few e-mails and letters.
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Human rights groups blast Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009
(by Rhonda J Mangus | October 18, 2009 at 06:46 am)
Human rights groups blast Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill, which includes a section that would introduce the death penalty for the offence of "aggravated homosexuality." The draft Anti-Homosexuality Bill was introduced on October 14, 2009 in Uganda's parliament. The Anti-Homosexuality Bill clearly violates the human right to non-discrimination, to be free from violence and harassment, the right to life, the right to be free from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and freedom of movement.
Uganda's Penal Code Article 145a of the Penal Code Act of 1950 already criminalizes "carnal knowledge of any person against the order of nature" – a charge used to prosecute, persecute and blackmail LGBT people with the threat of life imprisonment.
The bill proposes stricter penalties for homosexual acts, already illegal in the East African nation, and the death penalty for anyone who engages in same-sex relations with children under 18 and disabled people or who is HIV-positive while having gay sex.
"This bill is a blow to the progress of democracy in Uganda," David Kato of Sexual Minorities Uganda said in a statement on Thursday. "Its spirit is profoundly undemocratic and un-African."
Gays are already subject to persecution and arbitrary arrest in Uganda. Rights groups said people suspected of being gay have been assaulted, received death threats and face discrimination.
The bill also proposes a seven-year jail sentence for the "promotion of homosexuality."
The joint statement by the rights groups, which include New York-based Human Rights Watch, said the bill would "criminalise the legitimate work of national and international activists and organisations working for the defence and promotion of human rights in Uganda."
Source: timeslive.co.za
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