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BBC apologises, Ugandan Parliament debates anti-gay bill today

After defending, then ditching a controversial Uganda gay execution poll, the BBC has apologized after complaints about yesterday's on-line debate which asked "Should homosexuals face execution?" The BBC ditched...

Bahati says death penalty for gays was 'misunderstood'

Uganda's MP David Bahati has told the BBC that the death penalty clause in the antigay bill was only intended  to prevent the molestation of those under 18.   The extreme bill and its Draconian...

White House condemns Uganda's Anti-Gay Bill

The White House finally weighs in to condemn Uganda's anti-gay bill. President Obama strongly opposes Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009 according to the Advocate. The White House statement comes on the heels...

Uganda bans female circumcision

Lets hope all Islamic states follow Uganda's lead, it is a barbaric practice that has nothing to do with Islamic teaching. Glad to see its now banned in Uganda. " The Ugandan parliament unanimously passed a bill...

The invite is official: Maddow wants Warren on-air

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow wants the United States most visible evangelical pastor and alleged associate of 'The Family', Rick Warren, on-air to denounce Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality bill 2009. Maddow extended the...

'Ex-Gay Therapist' Richard Cohen Spars With Rachel Maddow

Earlier this year, a three-day anti-gay conference held in Uganda was led by three Americans who are allegedly responsible for the continuing anti-gay vigilantism in Uganda. Richard Cohen's International Healing...

No visible ties, Christian leaders denounce Uganda anti-gay bill

Reportedly having no visible ties to 'The Family', a US fundamentalist group at the heart of Uganda's anti-gay  law, a group of high-profile US Christian leaders have denounced Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill...

Uganda to drop death penalty, life imprisonment for gays

Bloomberg reports Uganda will drop the death penalty and life imprisonment for gays in a refined version of Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009. According to Uganda's Minister of State for Ethics and Integrity,...

Uganda: Attacking homosexuals

In Uganda, a new bill may be passed to imprison or execute gays! The new bill is called the Anti-Homosexuality Bill and if passed then it could mean that gays and lesbians would have no rights. Homosexuals could be imprisoned for life if he/she is believed to be having "gay...

Uganda anti-gay bill has potential to divide Commonwealth leaders

Uganda's anti-gay bill has the potential to divide Commonwealth leaders who are scheduled to meet in Port of Spain, capital of Trinidad and Tobago, from November 27-29, where the global challenges of climate...

Gays question Rick Warren's duplicity on Uganda bill, Prop 8

BOTH SIDES CLAIM SEXUAL FASCISM IN PROGRESSIVE AMERICA  The Reverend Rick Warren has come under extreme suspicion within the gay community.  His involvement with Ugandan Pastor Martin Ssempa,  who...

It's not so invisible anymore: 'The Family's' influence in Uganda

'The Family's' influence in Uganda is not so invisible anymore according to Jeff Sharlet, author of  "The Family", an investigative look at a US fundamentalist group at the heart of Uganda's anti-gay ...

Brown joins Harper against Uganda's Anti-homosexuality Bill 2009

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has joined Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in speaking out against Uganda's Anti-homosexuality Bill 2009. Brown spoke to Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni at the...

Harper to raise issue of Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill at Summit

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is going to raise the issue of Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009 at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) which opens tomorrow in Port of Spain, the capitol...

Human rights groups blast Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009

Human rights groups blast Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill, which includes a section that would introduce the death penalty for the offence of "aggravated homosexuality."  The draft Anti-Homosexuality Bill was...

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