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Obama: [Ugandas] Anti-gay law would 'complicate' relationship with Uganda
The Los Angeles Times ^ | February 16, 2014 | Christi Parsons

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 country’s 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)

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: africa; homosexualagenda; homosout; obama; uganda
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Ever seen a heterosexual this protective of homosexuals before?
1 posted on 02/16/2014 2:27:30 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It’s their country...their rules. MYOB


2 posted on 02/16/2014 2:29:08 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Osama doesn’t say a damn thing about Christians being executed across the Middle East, but boo hoo for the homosexual mafia. Go suck a lemon, TOTUS.


3 posted on 02/16/2014 2:29:28 PM PST by Viennacon
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Valued relationship”?


4 posted on 02/16/2014 2:30:29 PM PST by Minutemen ("It's a Religion of Peace")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

21.8 million people have died from aids. So lets promote homosexuality??


5 posted on 02/16/2014 2:31:34 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I used to get shocked. Not now. Of all the problems Africa has, gay rights don’t even hit the radar.


6 posted on 02/16/2014 2:32:30 PM PST by blastbaby
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Susan called Uganda for Obama....Susan is stuck on stupid.


7 posted on 02/16/2014 2:32:30 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I guess HOMObama won’t be vacationing in Uganda.....


8 posted on 02/16/2014 2:34:15 PM PST by clintonh8r (Don't twerk me, Broi)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Memo to Obama you are not their leader Dude


9 posted on 02/16/2014 2:35:09 PM PST by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Note to Obummer:

Uganda doesn’t care.


10 posted on 02/16/2014 2:35:23 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5849a2.htm


11 posted on 02/16/2014 2:36:44 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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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 Perverts.
12 posted on 02/16/2014 2:37:17 PM PST by umgud (2A can't survive dem majorities)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

But not a peep about the muzzies & what sharia law says about homos.


13 posted on 02/16/2014 2:37:40 PM PST by rainee (Her)
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To: Sacajaweau

I’ll second that-bad enough he can’t MHOFB right here at home-he has to throw gasoline on foreign fires by pontificating about what goes on in someone else’s country...


14 posted on 02/16/2014 2:37:52 PM PST by Texan5 (" You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: SevenofNine

Gonna update the FB page to complicated is he?


15 posted on 02/16/2014 2:38:10 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Is he some kind of colonialist ruler telling Uganda how to run their own country?


16 posted on 02/16/2014 2:38:33 PM PST by Moorings
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To: Sacajaweau

Did she blame everything on a video?


17 posted on 02/16/2014 2:39:01 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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I guess HOMObama won’t be vacationing in Uganda.....

Vacationing , no. But there are some nice golf courses there.

18 posted on 02/16/2014 2:39:27 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (I just messed up my tagline. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: blastbaby

You know the U.S is in trouble when the subject of gays are mentioned in foreign policies!! We sink lower in the pit each day libs are in control!!


19 posted on 02/16/2014 2:40:20 PM PST by ohiobushman ( If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Must be more fallout from a hateful video, right Susan?


20 posted on 02/16/2014 2:40:25 PM PST by JPG (Yes We Can morphs into Make It Hurt.)
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