Tag: Uganda
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At the root of Uganda’s draconian anti-gay law is the belief that it would make it ‘a more Christian nation’
WHETHER or not Uganda will become even more god-besotted than it already is is debatable, but what is certain is that the country could become a whole lot poorer as a result of President Yoweri Museveni, above, signing into law a revised version of an earlier anti-homosexuality bill. This was made clear when President Biden…
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RCC must do more to oppose a bill that would decriminalise homosexuality in Sri Lanka
INTERFERING with progressive legislative processes in countries across the world is something the Roman Catholic Church and evangelical organisations are particularly adept at. But in Buddhist Sri Lanka the Catholic church, led by Archbishop of Colombo—His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, above—stands accused of failing to adequately oppose a bill that that would do away with…
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US Christian hatemongers spawned Uganda’s latest anti-LGBT+ bill, says lawmaker
FOX Odoi-Oywelowo, above, is one of only two Ugandan MPs who voted against the country’s controversial and draconian Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023 that was passed by Parliament this week. It punishes homosexuality by life in prison—and advocates for the death penalty in certain cases. In an interview published by Open Democracy, Odoi-Oywelowo, a longtime member of…
Barry Duke, the Angry Atheist 