Uganda presses on with anti-gay bill
(Kampala) The Ugandan government vowed to move forward with a bill that would toughen the country’s already harsh punishment of homosexuality.
Sex between two people of the same sex already is a criminal offense in Uganda - punishable by life imprisonment - although there are no records of any recent convictions.
Now the government is prepared to expand the law, making it a criminal offense to be gay. The legislation would make any public display of being gay a crime.
International human rights and LGBT groups have called on Kampala to drop the bill and repeal the sodomy law.
Last week, about 20 gays and lesbians staged a rally in the capital denouncing the government. One woman said she was publicly stripped naked and taunted by a pastor and his congregation as they attempted to exorcise her.
On the weekend the government rejected the criticism.
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