Uganda update

[solarbird]

Gay Uganda, a gay activist in Uganda, reports that the government is starting to feel some of the international pressure and that Cabinet Minister for Ethics and Integrity Nsaba Buturo has issued a statement on the GBLT extermination bill currently being debated in the legislature. GayUganda's summary:

Uganda is a democratic country, which has a democratic process, which allows the orderly presentation of a bill to kill some of her citizens. As long as they were born homosexuals, that is. And, the world must look on, and respect our sovereign sovereignty!

Had to beat. So, World, you must look on. As you looked on in Nazi Germany. Kosovo. Rwanda. Kenya. Cambodia.

We are a sovereign nation, and, you must respect our sovereign right to kill some of our citizens. Anal sex has no rights. These are just homosexuals. And, if you want to take our your money, then, well, why dont you...

US, continue giving us the PEPFAR dollars. Sweden, Norway, we deserve this money. Well, we have the children who are dying, and we have the women who have no antenatal care. And, you need to give us that money. But YOU MUST NOT DENY OUR SOVEREIGN RIGHT TO KILL OFF AND IMPRISON THOSE OF OUR CITIZENS WHO HAPPEN TO BE HOMOSEXUAL.

That is a worse sin. It is called neo-colonialism.

He also talks about how much dramatically worse things have gotten in Uganda in the last five years, and how Kenya and Tanzania aren't seeing this happen. He's expecting to be "hauled in" when - he uses the word when - the bill becomes law:

But, sometimes, sometimes it is actually worth the while to hang out ones neck. Afterall, I will only die once.... Gallows humour. But, better than nothing.