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NTV has been keeping up with the developments on the AHB: Nice to see more even coverage. Bahati has also been talking to the press, this time in the UK telling the Guardian that the Legal and Parliamentary Committee has 45 days to report back to Parliament with a report.…
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While the Ugandan Parliament sounds a defiant tone to threats of removal of donor aid over the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, the government would be hard pressed to make up the loss of funds. According to this Monitor (Uganda) report, Uganda relies on funds from donor nations to account for 29% of…
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This just in from the Uganda Media Centre: ANTI-HOMOSEXUAL BILL February 08, 2012 RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL CRITICISM OF DEBATE ON ANTI-HOMOSEXUAL BILL Uganda has today been the subject of mass international criticism as a result of the debate on the Anti-Homosexual Bill at parliament. What many of these critics fail…
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Uganda’s Monitor and government backed New Vision both report this morning that MPs cheered when David Bahati re-introduced the Anti-Homosexuality Bill. According to the New Vision: There was excitement at Parliament Tuesday afternoon after the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, 2009 was re-tabled for consideration. Parliament resumed business on Tuesday after over a…
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See Updates below: According to Parliament spokeswoman, Helen Kawesa, David Bahati’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill is on the agenda to be tabled for a first reading in today’s session of Parliament. Kawesa said, “The bill will go through a new process again. It is a new Parliament.” This means that the bill…
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As I noted on Friday, the Anti-Homosexuality Bill is back. According to this NTV report, it will be tabled soon, possibly tomorrow: Reports that the bill had been shelved are apparently incorrect. The Business committee met today and apparently came up with a schedule to return bills from the…
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In the mail Saturday, I received my copy of the Smithsonian edition of the Jefferson Bible. It is a marvelous reproduction of the original on display at the Smithsonian. Here is a picture of one of the pages which is photograph of the original manuscript: You can’t see the words…
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According to the UG Pulse: The Anti Homosexuality bill 2009 and the Marriage and Divorce bill are due for debate when parliament resumes business next week. The two controversial bills that raised public debate during the 8th Parliament are up for consideration when the Business committee of the House sits next week. In a letter to MPs on the committee…
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I wrote about this district last year. Rolling Stone has a powerful article in their February 16, 2012 issue that is online here. Go read it. Now. The Parent’s Action League (PAL) continues to be at the center of the problem, vilifying gays while they want the school to be…
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Recently, I have been examining the possible role of confirmation bias in the attributions of reparative therapists. In this post, I look at a classic study of how theoretical persuasion associates with clinical judgment. Ellen Langer’s and Robert Abelson’s 1974 study* on clinical judgment is an important caution to clinicians…
