Posted on 10/25/2023 6:55:05 AM PDT by Salman
The United States has cited Uganda's new anti-LGBTQ law as it warned businesses of potential risks in the country.
An advisory was issued by the U.S. Departments of State, Labor, Health and Human Services and Commerce as well as the U.S. Agency for International Development.
It said Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act "further increases restrictions on human rights" as well as exacerbating issues regarding the "respect for leases and employment contracts".
Uganda's anti-LGBTQ law, enacted in May, is considered one of the harshest in the world.
Punishments include life imprisonment and the death penalty.
Firms and non-governmental organizations that knowingly promote LGBTQ activity can be hit with "harsh" fines.
The law was condemned by Western governments and put at risk billions of dollars in foreign aid.
The World Bank has said it will aim to ensure gay and transgender Ugandans are not discriminated against in its programs before resuming new funding, which it halted in August.
In June, the U.S. State Department imposed visa restrictions on Ugandan officials over the legislation.
The State Department has also updated its Uganda travel guidance for U.S. citizens to highlight the risks.
Rights groups say Uganda's law has unleashed a torrent of abuses against LGBTQ people.
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Also, please note they are not afraid of sanctions. Souls not for sale.
Our foreign policy has advancement of LGBT issues as one of the primary activities. It is absurd.
WTH is the FedGov doing telling a business what to do - FJB and the donks!
If a business cannot figure out that they should not send kwheers to Uganda they deserve what happens. After all as guests in another country one should try to be considerate of their laws and customs.
Liberals are waging a worldwide religious war against social morality and the Climate. They will lose.
1.) Who really cares about Uganda? If you want to do anything with Uganda, then caveat emptor. You don’t need government advising you. There isn’t a single lazy ass government employee that I’d ever seek advice. 2.) Why do we waste tax dollars on lazy ass fagot government employees that spend their sorry unproductive lives on Uganda? Fire their asses.
Precisely.
I don’t know about you all, but I don’t think I can live without my Ugandan products.
If we’re not spying on Marxists and terrorists abroad, might as well give them something to do to advance child and sex trafficking. Foreign policy experts need something to stay busy to earn a check. Otherwise you’re paying them $3K a week to play hide-n-seek.
It's more than that. There are fines for promoting sodomy. Many large corporation do that world wide. Now they won't be doing business in Uganda.
Human rights reduced to freedom to stick one’s pee pee into another’s poo poo! Repulsive, sinful and extremely unsanitary.
I was gonna say, don’t say “Globohomo” because that upsets the people with the agenda.......
Apparently the US Department of State and the World Bank.
Anything less than 100% world wide compliance annoys them.
China showing up with cash, “we got you fam”.
But all beliefs and religions are equal. But democracy must be honored and protected.
You notice the Puppet Biden regime does not go after MUSLIM countries! Biden gave Iran $6 billion, the same Iran that throws homosexuals off tall buildings.
The filthy Biden regime was pushing the degenerate homosexual agenda on Ukraine and this is why Russia decided to intervene.
Uganda is not the first nation to tell Biden to go to hell. Many, many more are going to do the same. /spit
I meant people who matter.
In 2007 a newspaper, the Red Pepper, published a list of allegedly gay men, many of whom suffered harassment as a result.[100]
On 9 October 2010, the Ugandan newspaper Rolling Stone published a front-page article titled “100 Pictures of Uganda’s Top Homos Leak” that listed the names, addresses, and photographs of 100 homosexuals alongside a yellow banner that read “Hang Them.”[101] The paper also alleged Homosexual recruitment of Ugandan children. The publication attracted international attention and criticism from human rights organisations, such as Amnesty International,[102] No Peace Without Justice[103] and the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association.[104] According to gay rights activists, many Ugandans have been attacked since the publication.[105] On 27 January 2011, gay rights activist David Kato was murdered.[106]
In 2009, the Ugandan parliament considered an Anti-Homosexuality Bill which would have broadened the criminalisation of homosexuality by introducing the death penalty for people who have previous convictions, or are HIV-positive, and engage in same-sex sexual acts. The bill included provisions for Ugandans who engage in same-sex sexual relations outside of Uganda, asserting that they may be extradited back to Uganda for punishment, and included penalties for individuals, companies, media organisations, or non-governmental organizations that support legal protection for homosexuality or sodomy. On 14 October 2009, MP David Bahati submitted the private member’s bill, and was believed to have had widespread support in the Uganda parliament.[107] The hacktivist group Anonymous hacked into Ugandan government websites in protest of the bill.[108] In response to global condemnation the debate of the bill was delayed, but it was eventually passed on 20 December 2013 and President Museveni signed it on 24 February 2014. The death penalty was dropped in the final legislation. The law was widely condemned by the international community. Denmark, the Netherlands, and Sweden said they would withhold aid. On 28 February 2014 the World Bank said it would postpone a US$90 million loan, while the United States said it was reviewing ties with Uganda.[109] On 1 August 2014, the Constitutional Court of Uganda ruled the bill invalid as it was not passed with the required quorum.[110][111][112] A 13 August 2014 news report said that the Ugandan attorney general had dropped all plans to appeal, per a directive from President Museveni who was concerned about foreign reaction to the bill and who also said that any newly introduced bill should not criminalise same-sex relationships between consenting adults.[113] As of 2019 progress on the African continent was slow but progressing with South Africa being the only country where same sex marriages are recognised.[114]
Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023
Main article: Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023
On 21 March 2023, the Ugandan parliament passed a bill that would make identifying as homosexual punishable by life in prison and the death penalty for anyone found guilty of “aggravated homosexuality.”[115][116]
On March 9, 2023 Asuman Basalirwa, a member of parliament since 2018 from the opposition representing Bugiri Municipality on Justice Forum party ticket tabled a proposed law which seeks out to castigate gay sex and “the promotion or recognition of such relations” and he made remarks that: “In this country, or in this world, we talk about human rights. But it is also true that there are human wrongs. I want to submit that homosexuality is a human wrong that offends the laws of Uganda and threatens the sanctity of the family, the safety of our children and the continuation of humanity through reproduction.”[117] The speaker of parliament, Annet Anita Among, referred the bill to a house committee for scrutiny, the first step in an accelerated process to pass the proposal into law. The parliament speaker had earlier noted that: “We want to appreciate our promoters of homosexuality for the social economic development they have brought to the country,” in reference to western countries and donors. “But we do not appreciate the fact that they are killing morals. We do not need their money, we need our culture.” during a prayer service held in parliament and attended by several religious leaders.[118] The Speaker vowed to pass the bill into law at whatever cost to shield Uganda’s culture and its sovereignty.[119]
On March 21, 2023 parliament rapidly passed the anti-homosexuality bill with overwhelming support.[120]
The United States strongly condemned the bill. During a White House Press briefing on March 22, 2023, Karine Jean-Pierre stated. “Human rights are universal. No one should be attacked, imprisoned, or killed simply because of who they are or whom they love.”[121] In the following days, further criticism came from the United Kingdom,[122] Canada,[123] Germany,[124] and the European Union.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda
Wikipedia didn’t mention in this section that Karine Jean-Pierre is a lesbian. Probably an oversight.
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