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I am siding with Uganda on this one. The United States should follow their views on homosexuality.
Obama calls homosexuality one of our ?fundamental freedoms? in statement slamming Ugandan bill | LifeSiteNews.com
WASHINGTON, D.C., February 17, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) President Barack Obama has elevated the right to have sex with a member of the same sex to the level of universal fundamental freedoms in a new presidential statement criticizing Uganda. But critics say his promotion of homosexuality in a continent that overwhelmingly opposes that behavior amounts to a form of liberal cultural imperialism.
Obama wrote on Sunday that he opposed a proposed bill in Uganda that would criminalize same-sex marriages and impose life imprisonment for repeated homosexual acts, among other provisions, because as a country and a people, the United States has consistently stood for the protection of fundamental freedoms and universal human rights.
Obama said the bill represents a serious setback for all those around the world who share a commitment to freedom, justice, and equal rights.
He added that he had conveyed the message that enacting this legislation will complicate our valued relationship with Uganda."
His reaction came after Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said last Friday that, after nearly two months deliberation, he would sign legislation that makes conducting a same-sex wedding punishable with seven years in prison. Infecting others with AIDS, having sex with minors, or repeated homosexual acts may earn life imprisonment. An earlier version of the bill called for the death penalty, but the provision was removed.
According to a spokesman, Museveni decided to sign the bill after scientists told him "there is no definitive gene responsible for homosexuality. He added that homosexual prostitution is what the president wants to prevent, especially after Presidential Adviser on Science Dr. Richard Tushemereirwe said that all homosexuality had serious public health consequences.
Obama calls homosexuality one of our ?fundamental freedoms? in statement slamming Ugandan bill | LifeSiteNews.com
WASHINGTON, D.C., February 17, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) President Barack Obama has elevated the right to have sex with a member of the same sex to the level of universal fundamental freedoms in a new presidential statement criticizing Uganda. But critics say his promotion of homosexuality in a continent that overwhelmingly opposes that behavior amounts to a form of liberal cultural imperialism.
Obama wrote on Sunday that he opposed a proposed bill in Uganda that would criminalize same-sex marriages and impose life imprisonment for repeated homosexual acts, among other provisions, because as a country and a people, the United States has consistently stood for the protection of fundamental freedoms and universal human rights.
Obama said the bill represents a serious setback for all those around the world who share a commitment to freedom, justice, and equal rights.
He added that he had conveyed the message that enacting this legislation will complicate our valued relationship with Uganda."
His reaction came after Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said last Friday that, after nearly two months deliberation, he would sign legislation that makes conducting a same-sex wedding punishable with seven years in prison. Infecting others with AIDS, having sex with minors, or repeated homosexual acts may earn life imprisonment. An earlier version of the bill called for the death penalty, but the provision was removed.
According to a spokesman, Museveni decided to sign the bill after scientists told him "there is no definitive gene responsible for homosexuality. He added that homosexual prostitution is what the president wants to prevent, especially after Presidential Adviser on Science Dr. Richard Tushemereirwe said that all homosexuality had serious public health consequences.