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    Uganda

    The UN has removed a reference to sexual orientation from a resolution condemning arbitrary and unjustified executions.

    The UN General Assembly resolution, which is renewed every 2 years, contained a reference opposing the execution of LBGT people in its 2008 version. But this year's version passed without any reference to gay rights after a group of mostly African and Asian countries, led by Mali and Morocco, voted to remove it.

    Gay rights groups fear the move -- which passed in a narrow 79 to 70 vote -- will act as a signal that persecuting people for their sexual orientation is internationally acceptable.

    “This vote is a dangerous and disturbing development,” Cary Alan Johnson, executive director of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, said in a statement. "It essentially removes the important recognition of the particular vulnerability faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people -- a recognition that is crucial at a time when 76 countries around the world criminalize homosexuality, five consider it a capital crime, and countries like Uganda are considering adding the death penalty to their laws criminalizing homosexuality."

    Johnson was referring to a bill introduced in Uganda's legislature last year that would mandate the death penalty for multiple acts of gay sex or for any gay person carrying HIV. Though the bill appeared to be shelved after an international outcry, its principal supporter said last month the bill would be law "soon."

    Uganda was among 79 countries that voted to remove the reference to sexual orientation from the resolution. Among the other countries were Afghanistan, China, Cuba, North Korea, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Most Western countries, including the US, voted in favor of keeping the reference to sexual orientation in place.

    The US abstained from the final vote to approve the resolution, with diplomats telling the UN General Assembly the US was "dismayed" at the decision.

    The resolution "gives a de facto green light to the on-going murder of LGBT people by homophobic regimes, death squads and vigilantes," said Peter Tatchell, a British LGBT activist. "They will take comfort from the fact that the UN does not endorse the protection of LGBT people against hate-motivated violence and murder."

    He added: "The UN vote is in direct defiance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which guarantees equal treatment, non-discrimination and the right to life. What is the point of the UN if it refuses to uphold its own humanitarian values and declarations?"

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    Uganda Court Bans Outings by Media

    A Ugandan judge ruled Monday that media companies cannot out gay people in the African country, citing the constitutional right to privacy in a decision that could help activists fighting the proposed bill that would impose the death penalty for homosexuality.

    According to Agence France-Presse, the judge issued a permanent injunction against the newspaper Rolling Stone, which last year published the photos and addresses of more than 20 gay rights campaigners. One issue included the headline “Hang Them” with calls for execution from an unidentified evangelical pastor.

    The case focused on Rolling Stone but the ruling extends to all media, reported AFP. The French news agency spoke with John Francis Onyango, who represented three gay rights campaigners from the umbrella group Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG).

    “High court judge, Vincent Musoke-Kibuuke also ruled that the petitioners' lives were threatened since the story exposed them to potential attacks from vigilantes, Onyango said,” reported AFP. “The petitioners were awarded 1.5 million Uganda shillings (about 650 dollars or 500 euros) and Rolling Stone was ordered to pay all legal fees incurred by SMUG.”

    SMUG executive director Frank Mugisha hailed the ruling in a brief telephone interview with The Advocate.

    “The view of the organization is that at least we are happy that the Ugandan judiciary is independent and they have expressed that all people are entitled to privacy regardless of their sexual orientation,” he said. “This is a move to show the Ugandan government that indeed they should decriminalize homosexuality.”

    Mugisha, who was not a party to the suit but helped the petitioners with their case, said the ruling could boost efforts to combat the bill pending in parliament that would impose the death penalty on gay people in certain instances.

    “It will be very helpful because these people look at things that are related within the bill and within the media,” he said. “The media has also played a very big role in this.”

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    BREAKING: Uganda Kill The Gays Bill Disappears From Parliament Agenda

    In an unexpected move, overnight, Uganda’s internationally denounced Kill The Gays bill has disappeared from the Uganda Parliament’s agenda. The bill is infamous around the world for its provision mandating the death penalty for anyone convicted of the “crime” of homosexuality, anyone convicted of same-​sex rape, anyone who is classified as a “serial offender,” even anyone with HIV. The bill was widely expected to be voted upon — and easily pass — Wednesday, after two days of committee debate that its author, David Bahati (photo), claimed had produced a version that stripped the death penalty for being gay out of the draft legislation. Parliament’s last scheduled day is today, but technically May 18 is the close of its session before a new Parliament is sworn in.


    Worldwide outcry from nearly two million individuals who signed online petitions and contacted Ugandan embassies, as well as from governments around the world, including the U.K., and United States — which contributes a large portion of Uganda’s annual operating budget through various foreign aid entities — may have had the desired effect.

    It is critical to note that this does not mean the Kill The Gays bill is dead. It has “died” and been resurrected several times before, and its author, M.P. David Bahati — who has strong ties to the highly influential political and religious group, The Family — is not about to let it die.

    One member of parliament, John Alimadi, said Wednesday that the bill may have been dropped from the agenda because of a worldwide outcry against it,’ reported The Washington Post Wednesday.

    It is critical to note that this does not mean the Kill The Gays bill is dead. It has “died” and been resurrected several times before, and its author, M.P. David Bahati — who has strong ties to the highly influential political and religious group, The Family — is not about to let it go, especially after spending the better part of two years advocating for it, and against his gay and lesbian constituents.

    Uganda ranks number 143 of 169 countries in the United Nations Development Programme Human Development Index, which examines a combination of health, education, and living standards. Uganda is also considered to have a high number of people who are illiterate, especially women. All these factors lead to a population easily indoctrinated into religious extremism.

    The bill has been seen by many in the western media as a diversionary tactic for a government attempting to regain control amidst an increasingly angry and rioting population — one that is extremely homophobic and anti-​gay, thanks in large part to American Evangelical groups, including The Family, that have infiltrated the country of 32 million people, 84% of whom are Christian.

    The Kill The Gays Bill also mandates jail time for those who know of homosexuals but do not report them to authorities within 24 hours and offers a maximum of seven years prison time for even renting a room to someone who is homosexual. Any assistance to a gay man or lesbian would be considered criminal.

    The bill reportedly was shelved in March, but Bahati — who has said he wants to “kill every last gay person” — appeared defiant, stating at the time, “I think that the government is aware that 95 percent of Ugandans do not condone homosexuality.”

    One week later, supporters of the bill, lead by right-​wing zealot Pastor Martin Ssempa, presented to Speaker of the Uganda Parliament, Edward Ssekandi, a petition reportedly carrying two million signatures, demanding the “Kill The Gays” bill — also known as the “Anti-​Homosexuality Bill” — become law.

    The “Kill The Gays” bill, which has also become known as the “Bahati bill,” is necessary — according to the team of Pastor Ssempa and David Bahati — because homosexuals are supposedly “recruiting children” in Uganda, and, the two claim, paying them large sums of money to have same-​gender sex or to become homosexual. The petition reportedly came with a list of nineteen organizations that they claim are “promoting” homosexuality in Uganda.

    But no one has ever provided actual proof. Bahati, who has a Cardiff University MBA, has been repeatedly asked in this country by MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow for any proof of these allegations. Bahati promised to provide it but never has.

    http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com...11/05/11/19902

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    Lawsuit: US pastor runs anti-gay effort in Uganda

    An East African gay advocacy group filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against a Massachusetts evangelist, alleging he has waged a decades-long campaign to persecute homosexuals in Uganda.

    The suit was filed in federal court in Springfield against minister Scott Lively under a statute that Sexual Ministries Uganda says allows non-citizens to file U.S. court actions for violations of international law.

    Frank Mugisha, who heads the advocacy group, said it was singling out Lively for "helping spread propaganda and violence" against Uganda’s gay people.

    "We hope that he will be held accountable for what he did in Uganda," said Mugisha, who won the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award last year. "We want to send out a clear message to him and to others."

    Lively, of Abiding Truth Ministries, is one of a handful of American pastors whom Ugandan gay activists accuse of having helped draft the original version of the African nation’s anti-homosexuality bill.

    The bill called for the death penalty for certain homosexual acts such as when gay people with AIDs were caught having sex. It has since been revamped to replace the death penalty with life imprisonment as a maximum sentence.

    Lively told The Associated Press on Wednesday afternoon that he hadn’t read the lawsuit yet, but believed the legal action was "absurd" and "completely frivolous." He didn’t return a message later in the day, after the AP emailed him a copy of the lawsuit.

    Lively told the AP in November that he advised the Ugandan parliament "to focus on rehabilitation and not punishment," when it came to gay people, but "they went the other way on that."

    He said he didn’t oppose the criminalization of gays, but that imprisonment and the death penalty are too harsh. He was among U.S. evangelicals who visited Uganda in 2009, after which debate began about the bill.

    World leaders including President Barack Obama have condemned the bill. But the draft legislation is popular in Uganda, where pastors frequently preach against homosexual behavior.

    The suit against Lively, whose Springfield church is known as Redemption Gate Mission Society, is part of wide-ranging legal action Ugandan gay groups are considering against individuals they consider hostile to the rights of homosexuals.

    The complaint claims Lively issued a call in Uganda to fight against a "genocidal" and "pedophilic" gay movement, "which he likened to the Nazis and Rwandan murderers." The suit asks for a judgment that Lively’s actions are illegal and violate international law and human rights.

    The New York-based group Center for Constitutional Rights filed the suit on behalf of Sexual Minorities Uganda. Center attorney Pam Spees said it also seeks monetary damages.

    About 70 protesters marched Wednesday about a half-mile from the U.S. District Court to Lively’s business, the Holy Grounds Coffee House. They dressed in black and beat drums, carrying signs with the names of persecuted Ugandans and coffins to symbolize death allegedly due to persecution. The group spent about 10 minutes in front of the coffee house, leaving white flowers there.

    The Ugandan government said in a statement last month that it didn’t support the bill, but that debate about it is allowed under the constitution.

    http://kaaltv.com/article/stories/S2...html?cat=10159
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    OK so I have been following the gays in Uganda's plight for years now. I have shied away from the whole Chick-Fil-A controversy until now. Apparently The Truth Pursuit is going to set us straight!

    Chick-Fil-A May Have More Than Just Chicken Blood On Its Hands

    In 2009, Chick-Fil-A's charitable arm, Winshape [1], donated to Exodus International [2], a group whose mission was "to effectively communicate the message of liberation from homosexuality." [3]

    Later in 2009, three American Evangelical speakers, including a board member from Exodus, attended a conference on homosexuality in Uganda.

    The New York Times reported [4] that the three men were "Scott Lively, a missionary who has written several books against homosexuality, including '7 Steps to Recruit-Proof Your Child'; Caleb Lee Brundidge, a self-described former gay man who leads 'healing seminars'; and Don Schmierer, a board member of Exodus International."

    The focus of the conference, as reported by the Times, was on “'the gay agenda — that whole hidden and dark agenda'” — and the threat homosexuals posed to Bible-based values and the traditional African family."

    The three American men discussed, according to the Times, "how to make gay people straight, how gay men often sodomized teenage boys and how 'the gay movement is an evil institution' whose goal is 'to defeat the marriage-based society and replace it with a culture of sexual promiscuity.'"

    One month after the conference, a Ugandan politician introduced the Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009, which threatened to hang homosexuals. It quickly became known as the "Kill the Gays" bill.

    Upon learning that they had inspired so much anger with their rhetoric, all three men tried to distance themselves from "Kill the Gays". They told the Times that they had not intended to stoke such hostility as to inspire a bill that would impose a death penalty for homosexuality.

    "I feel duped," Mr. Schmierer, the Exodus board member, told the Times. But, while he did acknowledge that he did explain to his audience "how homosexuals could be converted into heterosexuals," he disavowed any knowledge that a Ugandan politician would draft a "Kill the Gays" bill.

    “That’s horrible, absolutely horrible,” Schmierer told the Times, “some of the nicest people I have ever met are gay people.”

    Mr. Lively, on the other hand, acknowledged meeting with Ugandan lawmakers to discuss the bill. Lively also wrote in his blog that a Ugandan social observer had predicted that the three Americans' campaign to demonize homosexuals would improve the "moral climate" of Uganda. The observer, according to Mr. Lively, told him what he, Mr. Schmierer and Mr. Brundidge did was akin to “a nuclear bomb against" gays in Uganda. To which Mr. Lively asserted, "I pray that this, and the predictions, are true." [5]

    One independent observer of the larger Evangelical anti-gay movement in Africa told the Times that the three American men had "underestimated the homophobia in Uganda” and “what it means to Africans when you speak about a certain group trying to destroy their children and their families."

    “When you speak like that," he told the Times, "Africans will fight to the death.”

    There is a lot of misunderstanding, in this country, as to why the gay community is so upset about a fast-food company taking a public stand against LGBT rights.

    The quick and simple of it, is this, hateful rhetoric inspires hate. It inspires bullies; it inspires suicide; it inspires murder; and, in the case of Uganda, it even inspires the death penalty.

    But, to many, it may not seem so controversial, or hateful, to say that your company is "very much supportive of the family -- the biblical definition of the family unit," as Chick-Fil-A did. It should be noted here that the language Chick-Fil-A used closely mimics the messaging of the Ugandan anti-gay conference.

    Some may not make the connection that this is a code. A code that comes from a place that demonizes and inspires hatred. It is rhetoric grounded in Churches that demean and degrade gay, lesbian, bisexual, nd transgendered people, as something lesser than what God intended.

    Some who defend Chick-fil-A's First Amendment right, are right to do so. But Chick-fil-A donates to organizations that are actively working to deny or take away the rights of those they deem to be immoral. Organizations that go to places like Uganda to preach that "the gay movement is an evil institution" and that "gay men sodomize teenage boys".Chick-fil-A supports organizations who believe that homosexuality is the same as pedophilia or bestiality. They support organizations that preach so much hatred that it leads to murder.

    In 2010, The Guardian reported that a Ugandan newspaper known as Rolling Stone, "published a story featuring the names, and in some cases, photographs of 100 homosexuals under the headline 'Hang Them'". [7]

    The Rolling Stone "Hang Them" story was published just days before the one year anniversary of the day the "Kill the Gays" bill was introduced. The Guardian reported that the bill was "inspired at least in part by a group of US evangelicals with close links to Uganda."

    The "Kill the Gays" bill had "fueled hate speech and created a climate of fear among homosexuals," the Guardian said. "The media have played a strong role in this. The widely read tabloid Red Pepper had already 'outed' dozens of gay people under headlines such as 'Top Homos in Uganda named'."

    Uganda's Rolling Stone paper, though, went further. It wrote that gays would "recruit 1,000,000 children by 2012". "Parents," the paper said, "face heart-break as homos raid schools." The paper then urged their readers to "hang them; They are after our kids!!" and then printed the names, addresses and photographs of those they had identfied as "homos".

    Last year, a prominent Ugandan gay rights activist was murdered. David Kato's picture was featured on the front page of the issue carrying the "Hang Them" headline. Mr. Kato had reported increased harassment after winning a court victory over the newspaper's call for him, and other homosexuals in Uganda, to be hanged.

    Mr. Kato was bludgeoned to death in his home just weeks later. [8]

    It would seem, then, that Chick-fil-A may have more than just chicken blood on its hands.

    ***

    Rachel Maddow did extensive coverage on the "Kill the Gays" bill. I recommend her reports to help you assess the enormity of the destruction of life that Exodus and other Evangelical organizations inspire around the world through their Anti-Gay Crusade.

    http://thetruthpursuit.com/society/s...ts-hands/11304
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    Chick-fil-A faithful flock to restaurant in Danville to show support

    Danville VA - Chick-fil-A on Riverside Drive was packed Wednesday.

    Cars were wrapped all the way around the building, tables and the parking lot were almost full, and about 50 people were patiently waiting in line.

    Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy said during a July interview with the Biblical Recorder that he does not support gay marriage and believes in “the biblical definition of the family unit.”

    His comments sparked protests from people across the country, ranging from gay rights groups — who organized “kiss-ins” at some franchises — to the mayors of Boston and Chicago, who initially said they would try to block the company from opening restaurants in their cities.

    But another movement was also growing.

    Former presidential candidate and Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee began an online campaign to promote “Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day,” and it found many supporters in Danville, some of whom traveled to the restaurant from out of town to show their support.

    At 2:30 p.m., Jimmy and Reva Pruitt, of Providence, N.C., were lunching with Don and Eunice Howe, of Swansonville, in support of what they called “the cause.”

    “I don’t believe in same-sex marriage,” Jimmy Pruit said, noting that he likes that the company is run by a Christian family doesn’t open on Sundays.

    Don Howe concurred, adding that, “I absolutely believe one man and one woman makes a marriage,” with Eunice Howe noting that she believes what the Bible says about marriage.

    Keith Brightwell, Tim Talley and Donna Talley, all of Reidsville, N.C., were chatting in the parking lot after eating at the restaurant.

    “People who are protesting should protest buying gas,” Tim Talley said. “In Iran, Iraq, those places — gays get the death penalty there.”

    Donna Talley said she believes Cathy has the same right to freedom of speech everyone has.

    He voiced an opinion,” Donna Talley said. “And today, all the Chick-fil-As in the United States are bursting at the seams.”

    Her husband agreed, saying, “This has made record, out-of-the-roof profits (for Chick-fil-A) today; I hope (the protesters) realize that.”

    Brightwell said he agrees with Cathy, and grinned as he said, “I just felt an overwhelming urge for a chicken sandwich today.”

    In the restaurant, staff filled orders quickly and efficiently, showing no signs they were feeling stressed.

    Asked if the turnout had been a problem, Chris Hodnett, a customer service representative for the Danville Chick-fil-As, smiled serenely and said, “We’re always expecting a big crowd; this is business as usual for Chick-fil-A.”

    Hodnett said the company had not been involved in any support drive.

    “We’re not promoting anything,” Hodnett said. “We treat everyone who comes through the door or drive-through with honor, dignity and respect.”

    A group of four people, wearing “Pro Life” T-shirts exited the restaurant, carrying bags of food to their vehicle.

    Susan Matassa, of Fort Worth, Texas; Kathlene Gorman, of Auburn, Ala.; Alex Swetz, of Johnstown, Penn.; and Don Caldwell, of Old Bridge, N.J., are nearing the end of a long walk supporting the pro-life stance of Crossroads, an organization that opposes abortion.

    The group left Los Angeles on May 19 and expects to arrive in Washington on Aug. 11. They said there were a total of 11 in their walking group, and that other had taken breaks earlier in the day to support Chick-fil-A.

    “We have the same ideals as Chick-fil-A,” Gorman said. “We wanted to come here to show that we appreciate their values. We’re here for the message as well as the chicken.”

    http://www2.godanriver.com/news/2012...w--ar-2102129/
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    Official: Uganda to pass anti-gay bill this year

    Uganda's anti-gay bill will be passed before the end of 2012 despite international criticism of the draft legislation, the speaker of the country's parliament said Monday, insisting it is what most Ugandans want.

    Speaker Rebecca Kadaga told The Associated Press that the bill, which originally mandated death for some gay acts, will become law this year.

    Ugandans "are demanding it," she said, reiterating a promise she made before a meeting on Friday of anti-gay activists who spoke of "the serious threat" posed by homosexuals to Uganda's children. Some Christian clerics at the meeting in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, asked the speaker to pass the law as "a Christmas gift."

    "Speaker, we cannot sit back while such (a) destructive phenomenon is taking place in our nation," the activists said in a petition. "We therefore, as responsible citizens, feel duty-bound to bring this matter to your attention as the leader of Parliament ... so that lawmakers can do something to quickly address the deteriorating situation in our nation."

    The anti-gay activists paraded in front of Kadaga, with parents and schoolchildren holding up signs saying homosexuality is "an abomination." The speaker then promised to consider the bill within two weeks, declaring that "the power is in our hands."

    "Who are we not to do what they have told us? These people should not be begging us," Kadaga said of activists who want the bill to become law.

    Uganda's penal code criminalizes homosexuality, but in 2009 a lawmaker with the ruling party said a stronger law was needed to protect Uganda's children from homosexuals. Parliamentarian David Bahati charged at the time that wealthy homosexuals from the West were "recruiting" poor children into gay lifestyles with promises of money and a better life. Bahati believes his bill is sufficiently popular among lawmakers to pass without difficulty.

    Gay rights activists in Uganda, while opposing the bill, point out that it has helped their fight for equality by putting what used to be a taboo subject on the national agenda. Homosexuality is illegal in many African countries.

    Pepe Julian Onziema, a prominent Ugandan gay activist, said the new push to pass the law was frustrating.

    "It's disappointing, but we are also going to seek a meeting with the speaker," Onziema said. But it is unlikely the speaker will agree to such a gathering, he said.

    While the bill appears to be popular in Uganda, it has attracted widespread criticism abroad. President Barack Obama has described it as "odious," while some European countries have threatened to cut aid to Uganda if the bill becomes law.

    http://news.yahoo.com/official-ugand...113424830.html
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    Uganda's anti-gay bill won't contain death penalty

    KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The Ugandan lawmaker who originally authored an anti-gay bill proposing death for some homosexual acts said Friday that a new version of the proposed legislation doesn't contain the death penalty.

    Parliamentarian David Bahati said the bill, which is expected to be voted on next month, had "moved away from the death penalty after considering all the issues that have been raised."

    "There is no death penalty," he told The Associated Press.

    Bahati said the bill now focuses on protecting children from gay pornography, banning gay marriage, counseling gays, as well as punishing those who promote gay culture. Jail terms are prescribed for various offenses, he said, offering no details. The most recent version of the bill hasn't been publicly released.

    In 2009, when Bahati first introduced the bill, he charged that homosexuals threatened family values in Uganda and that gays from the West were recruiting poor Ugandan children into gay lifestyles with promises of money and a better life. He said a tough new law was needed because a colonial-era law against sodomy was not strong enough.

    The bill, popular among many in Uganda but condemned abroad, has been under scrutiny by a committee whose members now say they are ready to put it forward for a vote. One of the members, Krispus Ayena, said Friday that some parliamentarians spoke strongly against certain provisions in the bill as well as the death penalty itself.

    "There was a dissenting voice in the committee," Ayena said. "They argued very forcefully that we should not do a thing like that: to regulate what goes on in bedrooms. First of all, is it practicable to regulate that? And there are those who say this is very oppressive."

    The bill's original wording proposed the death penalty for cases where HIV-infected homosexuals had sex, where gay people had sex with minors or the disabled, and where gays were discovered having sex for the second time. Bahati said at the time that these offenses amounted to what he called "aggravated homosexuality."

    The speaker of Uganda's parliament recently said the bill would be passed before Christmas, renewing fears among activists who want it jettisoned. The bill has been condemned by some world leaders, including U.S. President Barack Obama, who has described it as "odious." European countries such as Sweden and Norway have threatened to cut foreign aid to Uganda if the bill becomes law.

    More than 445,000 people around the world have joined a campaign urging Citibank and Barclays to publicly condemn the bill. Both Citibank and Barclays have big operations in Uganda. The petition — perhaps mistakenly, according to the latest information from Bahati and Ayena — calls the legislation the "Kill the Gays" bill.

    "As world banks and heavy players in Uganda, Citibank and Barclays have a unique responsibility to speak out and help stop this dangerous legislation before it becomes law," said Citibank customer Collin Burton, who launched his campaign on Change.org. "Now, perhaps more than ever before, we need the international business community to step up and lead by the corporate values they tout on their websites. Human lives are counting on it."

    Ugandan gay activists, while condemning the bill, point out that it has somehow helped the struggle for equality by pushing a once-taboo subject to the national agenda. This year Ugandan gays held their first pride parade.

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    Uganda passes tough new anti-gay law

    Ugandan lawmakers on Friday passed an anti-gay bill that calls for life imprisonment for certain homosexual acts, drawing criticism from rights campaigners who called it “the worst in the world”.

    The legislations sets life imprisonment as the penalty for gay sex involving an HIV-infected person, acts with minors and the disabled, as well as repeated sex offences among consenting adults, according to the office of a spokeswoman for Uganda’s parliament.

    The bill also prescribes a seven-year jail term for a person who “conducts a marriage ceremony” for same-sex couples.

    When the bill was first introduced in 2009, it was widely condemned for including the death penalty, but that was removed from the revised version passed by parliament.

    The lawmaker behind the bill, David Bahati, said a death penalty clause was dropped from the final version of the bill. The approved text must now be given the green light by President Yoweri Museveni, himself a devout evangelical Christian.

    “This is a victory for Uganda. I am glad the parliament has voted against evil,” Bahati told AFP.

    “Because we are a God-fearing nation, we value life in a holistic way. It is because of those values that members of parliament passed this bill regardless of what the outside world thinks,” he said.

    Parliamentary spokeswoman Hellen Kaweesa said the changes meant that it had secured “majority support” among MPs.

    Deputies voted overwhelmingly in favour of the text, which has been widely condemned by rights activists and world leaders – with US President Barack Obama describing it as “odious” and Nobel Peace laureate archbishop Desmond Tutu comparing it to apartheid.

    “Now anybody found practising, recruiting for or publicising homosexuality commits a felony,” said Simon Lokodo, Uganda’s Minister of State for Ethics and Integrity.

    “We think this is an achievement for Uganda because the minors will be protected and the innocents will be saved from abuse and molestation,” Lokodo said.

    “We will get hold of all those encouraging others to become homosexuals or lesbians. Anybody we find recruiting or using materials to promote homosexuality, we will arrest.”

    Homophobia is widespread in Uganda, where American-style evangelical Christianity is on the rise. Gay men and women in the country face frequent harassment and threats of violence, and rights activists have also reported cases of lesbians being subjected to “corrective” rapes.

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