Posted on 02/16/2014 2:27:30 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. President Obama warned Sunday that a harsh new anti-gay law in Uganda would complicate our valued relationship with the east African country, which receives hundreds of millions of dollars a year in U.S. aid.
In a last-ditch effort to derail the measure, national security advisor Susan Rice called Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni over the weekend and urged him not to sign the measure. The law includes a provision of life in prison for aggravated homosexuality.
But amid news reports that Museveni was intent on pressing forward, Obama said Sunday that the move would be a step backward for all Ugandans and would reflect poorly on the countrys commitment to protecting the human rights of its people.
As we have conveyed to President Museveni, enacting this legislation will complicate our valued relationship with Uganda, Obama said in a written statement released Sunday. At a time when, tragically, we are seeing an increase in reports of violence and harassment targeting members of the LGBT community from Russia to Nigeria, I salute all those in Uganda and around the world who remain committed to respecting the human rights and fundamental human dignity of all persons.(continued)
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Right there with you on all fronts!
America used to promote freedom and democracy throughout the world. Now, under Obama, it promotes homosex and degeneracy. All aided and abetted by a putrid and deviant popular culture.
Sick, sick, sick, what this country has become. Never in my life did I really expect a new sort of ‘moral’ Cold War dichotomy to arise, in which the USA has devolved into a malignant force, representing the side of evil. But that is becoming the new reality.
Relationship in Zero’s world is a girl can be a dad, a sisterna daughter, and a dead foetus a thing.
Useful inbred idiots, all of them. Places like China and Russia were waiting for an excuse to invoke self defense from gay imperialism, now they have it.
He is punishing Uganda by not giving them our money.
I do not see where he has the right to do that.
Why should the people over there care one little bit what Obama says? He should mind his own business. It is fine with him when Christians are killed but he sticks his nose into another country’s business over homos.
I think he prefers sucking something else.
Yeah that true ROFL
Indeed. Iran has murdered for being gay, but now they have the atom bomb and Obama is willing to negociate. Iran is after all terror aupporting his useful idiocy with campaign donations.
Have you ever seen him call out any Muzzie countries for their laws against homosexuality.
This, right here. Explains everything.
This money is only meant now to buy black racist inbreed voting business products like weeds and dildos.
Clown Prince nobama is fixated on his “gay” brothers and sisters. Just what is the reason for this fixation Enquiring minds want to know.
I have absolutely no use or value for Uganda.
What's he talking about?
The dildos up in D.C. are going to “complicate” a “relationship” with Uganda over a bunch of sexual deviants? They have gone beyond being a Sexual Deviant Admiration and Adoration Society. Kids!
If they're so valuable, why are we sending them hundreds of millions in tax dollars every year?
funny how it doesn’t complicate the relationship between obama and the muslim brotherhood.
Using American influence and threatening withholding of aid in order to sway a foreign government’s internal policy? Isn’t this “American imperialism”? Isn’t that what liberals really, really hate about eeeeeeevil America?
NOTE: Homosexuality is ILLEGAL in 38 of 54 countries in Africa!!!!!!!!!!!
Uganda’s president to sign anti-gay bill
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/15/world/africa/uganda-anti-gay-bill/
“Homosexuality is illegal in most African countries, where sodomy laws were introduced during colonialism. According to Amnesty International, homosexuality is illegal in 38 of 54 African countries. In Uganda, homosexual acts are punishable by 14 years to life in prison, according to rights activists.””
You nailed it. Plus --- what the heck is a national security advisor doing calling heads of state about homosexuality? She is not involved in national security --- she is involved in global social engineering.
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