https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/04/26/ap-report-bahati-says-death-penalty-to-be-dropped-from-antigay-bill/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Wed, 30 May 2018 18:16:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/04/26/ap-report-bahati-says-death-penalty-to-be-dropped-from-antigay-bill/#comment-80650 Wed, 30 May 2018 18:16:13 +0000 http://wthrockmorton.com/?p=9104#comment-80650 Actually, Lynn, I’m not sure that M7 will gain much (if anything) by ‘scapegoating gays’. My feeling is that many educated Uganda are much more sceptical about such cheap tactics than in the past. Also, the UG public finances are in a pretty parlous state, so alienating countries like Germany would be counterproductive.
Furthermore, the ISO probably takes the view that many of the signatures on that 2 million strong petition were fake (and I’m sure they would be absolutely correct in doing so). The (second) Oundo debacle must surely have been a great embarrassment to Ssempa, and I think that is a growing awareness in the right places that all this ‘recruitment’ stuff is a load of bull.
But you may be correct, of course …

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/04/26/ap-report-bahati-says-death-penalty-to-be-dropped-from-antigay-bill/#comment-80652 Wed, 30 May 2018 18:16:13 +0000 http://wthrockmorton.com/?p=9104#comment-80652 By the way, it’s not clear if Bahati’s so-called ‘concession’ will apply to so-called ‘repeat offenders’, according to Melanie Nathan.
http://lezgetreal.com/2011/04/bahati-pushing-for-uganda-parliament-to-vote-on-anti-homosexuality-bill-by-may-12/

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/04/26/ap-report-bahati-says-death-penalty-to-be-dropped-from-antigay-bill/#comment-80655 Wed, 30 May 2018 18:16:13 +0000 http://wthrockmorton.com/?p=9104#comment-80655 Ah, you mean like Nigeria, or the UK!!! (Sorry about the mordent sarcasm!)

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/04/26/ap-report-bahati-says-death-penalty-to-be-dropped-from-antigay-bill/#comment-80646 Wed, 30 May 2018 18:16:13 +0000 http://wthrockmorton.com/?p=9104#comment-80646 Not yet seen anything in the UG press.
But I have seen this: http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/uganda-kill-the-gays-bill-moving-forward-unchanged-contrary-to-reports/news/2011/04/27/19308

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/04/26/ap-report-bahati-says-death-penalty-to-be-dropped-from-antigay-bill/#comment-80636 Wed, 30 May 2018 18:16:11 +0000 http://wthrockmorton.com/?p=9104#comment-80636 Yeah, I can see Museveni scapegoating gays again as he has in the past.

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