The Fright Zone, uh I mean, Uganda Dropped the Death Penalty for Gays, but...

Well, the good news is Uganda was forced to drop the Death Sentence on Gays.

Uganda will drop the death penalty and life imprisonment for gays in a refined version of an anti- gay bill expected to be ready for presentation to Parliament in two weeks, James Nsaba Buturo, the minister of ethics and integrity, said.

The draft bill, which is under consideration by a parliamentary committee, will drop the two punishments to attract the support of religious leaders who are opposed to these penalties, Buturo said today in a phone interview from the capital, Kampala.

Ugandan lawmaker David Bahati presented a private member’s bill on Oct. 14 which sought the death penalty and life imprisonment for gay people in the country. The Ugandan government supports the bill because homosexuality and lesbianism are “repugnant to the Ugandan culture,” Buturo said. Still, it favors a more refined set of punishments, he said.

However, this is the "but" part:

In addition to formulating punishments for the gay people, the bill will also promote counseling to help “attract errant people to acceptable sexual orientation,” said Buturo.

Meaning, they will use some type of "counseling" that can be just as dangerous to their well being. I hope there are folks who can regulate this; I just don't trust that piece of the deal.

*This is the pic of David Cato, a Ugandan gay-rights activist*

David, stay with this matter, our people in Uganda needs you.

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