Ugandan Cabinet Drops the 'Kill the Gays' Bill, but Parliament could move the Bill Forward

Today, I found out about the Ugandan Cabinet tossing the 'Kill the Gays' Bill:

The decision to throw out the Anti-Homosexuality Bill was made at a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday where Mr Mwesige, according to sources, told ministers that the Bill was unnecessary since government has a number of laws in place criminalising homosexual activities.


“We agreed that government should search the law archives and get some of the laws, enforce them rather than having another new piece of legislation,” a source said. “He [Mwesige] said the Bill is overtaken by events and that donors and other sections of the public were not comfortable.”

While that's good news, Warren Throckmorton post that Parliament still have the bill:

Parliament spokesperson, Helen Kawesa, said that the bill ”is in the Parliament now. It’s Parliament’s property.” She added the Cabinet ministers will “have to argue it out in the Parliament” since the bill is controlled by Parliament and has not yet had a vote.

Kawesa added, “If the Cabinet has issues with it, they will be brought in to the floor of the House.”

Currently, budget meetings are on the agenda but a budget is slated to get a vote by next Wednesday. After that, other business, including the anti-gay bill could be considered. As of now, according to Kawesa, there is no official action scheduled for the Anti-Homosexuality Bill but she said the bill could come up at any time after the budget has been passed.

Will this ever end? KILL THIS BILL already!

David Bahati will Continue to push the 'Kill the Gays' Bill in Uganda

On Friday, the Parliament in Uganda ended the day without discussing the anti-gay bill. However, David (Snake Face) Bahati will fight to bring the bill up for a vote.

Bahati told the news agency that he would re-introduce his bill in February.

“We have made important steps in raising the issue and that will continue,” he said.

I honestly don't see what he would gain from this silly crusade. Other countries have threaten to cut all aid to Uganda. Their credibility will be at stake and David will be a pariah rather than the hero of Uganda. 

With the possibility of losing so much, is this stupid bill worth it?

Somebody better talk to David and his cronies. They could the ones labeled as the fools who destroyed Uganda. 

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In Uganda: 2 Million sign a petition to bring back the 'Kill the Gays' Bill

This is unbelievable to read! After all the protests, the UN support and even threats of losing international funding; 2 million Ugandans want the 'Kill the Gays' back on track.

Anti-homosexuality activists have presented a petition in Parliament, calling for the passing of the anti-gay Bill. The petition, signed by two million people countrywide, was presented to the Speaker of Parliament, Mr Edward Ssekandi, yesterday by anti-gay activists led by Pastor Martin Ssempa.


“We are not here to hang the gays as people have speculated but to protect young men and girls being recruited into the practice,” Pastor Ssempa said. They also listed 19 organisations which they claimed are promoting homosexuality in the country.
Mr Ssekandi promised that the Bill would be debated.


“The mover of the Bill (David Bahati) is still a member of the 9th Parliament and even if the current Parliament doesn’t debate it, the new Parliament will do it,” Mr Ssekandi said.
He added: “Since the Bill was tabled, I have received numerous calls from the international community to throw it out but I always tell them that I don’t have those powers.”


Mr Ssekandi also told the team that their petition would be considered by the committee.
The Bill, tabled in Parliament by Mr Bahati as a private members Bill in 2009, seeks among others to imprison for life anyone convicted of “the offence of homosexuality,” punish “aggravated homosexuality” and offences like having gay sex while HIV-positive by a death penalty upon conviction.


It also forbids any “promotion of homosexuality” and incarcerates gay-rights defenders.
Pastor Ssempa said there were allegations of huge sums of money being brought into the country to influence people against passing the Bill.


The Bill is still before the parliamentary Committee on Legal and Parliament Affairs although the committee chair said government Bills before his committee take precedence. 

Who are these people? And do they realized what they are agreeing to? I can't help but to think about the message this sends to the overall LGBT community there. I hope this rejected and thrown out!

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Uganda puts away the 'Kill the Gays' Bill, for now

The anti-gay bill is shelved for now, but the hateful bastard David Bahati will continue to push it.

Information minister Masiko Kabakumba appeared Thursday on NTV to announce that the administration of President Yoweri Museveni had determined the Anti-Homosexuality Bill to be redundant because other laws already criminalize gay people in the country. The new proposal, which sparked international outcry when it was introduced in 2009, would magnify the penalties to include execution for “aggravated homosexuality,” such as having sex when HIV-positive.


Kabakumba said that another law, the Sexual Offenses Bill, would cover any outstanding concerns, but Bahati, the lawmaker with connections to antigay American evangelicals, insisted that a “specific and clear” law is still needed to fight the “promotion” of homosexuality. In addition, Warren Throckmorton reports that Bahati has been assured by legal and parliamentary affairs committee chair Stephen Tashobya that debate on the Anti-Homosexuality Bill will proceed.


Bahati said that “95%” of Ugandans do not support homosexuality, a claim that Kabakumba did not challenge.


“Of course we are concerned,” she said. “We don’t condone homosexuality in our country.”

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Rachel Maddow interviews the horrid David Bahati

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Interesting Quote: Ambassador Richard Swett

“The National Prayer Breakfast is an organization that builds bridges of understanding between all peoples, religions and beliefs and has never advocated the sentiments expressed in Mr. Bahati’s legislation.”

Basically, the gay hater, David Bahati ain't invited to the party.

Ambassador Richard Swett is the National Prayer Breakfast spokesperson.

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David Bahati may be at the National Prayer Breakfast

The man who hates us so much, he had to make a bill to punish us by death, may be coming here for the National Prayer Breakfast.

In February, David Bahati, the mover of the controversial Anti-Homosexuality Bill is expected to attend a prayer breakfast in the American capital of Washington DC.

Mr Bahati, according to reports, may speak at the event where President Barack Obama – a gays-tolerant liberal president, is also expected to attend. On Friday, Mr Bahati said he would attend. The event is organised by The Fellowship- a conservative Christian organisation, which has deep political connections and counts several high-ranking conservative politicians in its membership.

“I intend to attend the prayer breakfast,” said Mr Bahati - himself a part organiser of the Ugandan equivalent of the national prayer breakfast. This week, citing international pressure, President Yoweri Museveni advised his party’s National Executive Committee, his cabinet and the NRM parliamentary caucus to “go slow” on the Bill.

Mr Bahati told Inside Politics he is set to meet a special cabinet session to discuss the Bill tomorrow.

I hope he does come, so he can be greeted by protesters and loud gays from all over.

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David Bahati vows that the Uganda Anti-Gay bill will remain in its original state

The horrid, David Bahati continues to push the Anti-Gay in its original state. He believes that gays must be put to death, however he said that we have misunderstood his intent.

"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."

The Ugandan bill extends existing laws to make it illegal to promote homosexuality by talking or writing about it, and forcing people to tell the authorities about anyone they know who is gay. The bill, said Bahati, 35, an MP from the ruling party, aims to "protect the cherished culture of the people of Uganda against the attempts of sexual rights activists seeking to impose their values of sex promiscuity on the people of Uganda".

He denied reports that international pressure might result in parts of the bill being toned down. "We are not going to yield to any international pressure – we cannot allow people to play with the future of our children and put aid into the game. We are not in the trade of values. We need mutual respect."

This is highly wrong, Bahati! This is murder! What do you this will do to the children? To the people of Uganda? This man is evil or ridiculously stupid.

But what hurts, is this piece here:

In March, Bahati met several prominent anti-gay US Christian activists who attended a conference in Uganda where they pledged to "wipe out" homosexuality. The conference featured Scott Lively, president of California's anti-gay Abiding Truth Ministries and co-author of The Pink Swastika, a book claiming that leading Nazis were gay. Also there was Don Schmierer, on the board of Exodus International, which promotes the "ex-gay" movement, believing people can change their sexuality and be redeemed. The third extremist evangelical to attend was Caleb Lee Brundidge, who is linked to Richard Cohen who believes that psychotherapy can "cure" homosexuality.

These cretins are pushing this mess! I hope they are caught and held accountable. In some ways, they are supporting the murder of innocents. So God-like, right?

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