Monday, March 21, 2011

“Kill the Gays” Bill May Pass Ugandan Parliament Within a Week | Religion Dispatches

This bill has been moving through the Ugandan Parliament over the past year.  It makes being gay a capital crime.  Yes, that's right, you can get the death penalty for being gay.

In addition, anyone who knows someone who is gay and doesn't turn them in to the authorities within 24 hours can get six years in prison.  So, if your child is gay and you don't turn them in, you can go to prison.  This bill includes clergy in the part that requires people to turn in gays.  Therefore, if a priest hears the confession of a gay person, he is required to turn them in.


“Kill the Gays” Bill May Pass Ugandan Parliament Within a Week | Religion Dispatches

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