Uganda Insanity

What's up with Uganda and its history of nut-job leaders such as Idi Amin and now David Bahati who is supported by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.

From NPR...

The Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009 would jail consenting adults who engage in gay sex. It would give life sentences to people in same-sex marriages. It would extradite gay Ugandans living abroad and prosecute them.

It is the first bill Bahati has ever written, and he calls it a "very wonderful piece of legislation." He says he can't imagine a Uganda in which gay people live freely, because the possibility is too horrible to consider. His bill would also jail anyone who fails to report gay activity to police within 24 hours.

And what if his brother were engaging in homosexual activity? "I'd arrest him myself and take him to the police ... because it's bad for society," Bahati says.

Fortunately there are some courageous individuals in Uganda who are speaking out against this insanity.

From The Daily Monitor (Uganda)...

In one of those moments when Ms Kalende would stop to give a thoughtful response, she came across as resigned to a destiny she had no way of foretelling. “We’ve never been through this,” she said, preparing to ask a question for which she would get no answer.

“Even with the existing law, things have never been this serious. I don’t know if things will ever be normal for us. Tell me, what will happen to us?”