First Ugandan charged with ‘aggravated homosexuality’ punishable by death
First Ugandan charged with ‘aggravated homosexuality’ punishable by death
The country enacted one of the world's harshest anti-LGBTQ laws in May, prescribing life in prison for same-sex intercourse and the death penalty in certain cases.
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cases deemed “aggravated,” which include repeat offenses, gay sex that transmits terminal illness, or same-sex intercourse with a minor, an elderly person or a person with disabilities.
If they took out the "gay sex" and the "by death" parts, it would almost sound like a reasonable general rule.
You think someone should be locked up for "repeat offenses" of having sex? Is that reasonable?
That's why I said "almost". Like, "repeat offenses" on itself is nonsense, but "repeat offenses" + "spreading an illness", should probably get the "aggravated" treatment.
The law's authors are motivated by homophobia, not public health.
I doubt suggesting tweaks is a good use of time and efforts. It should simply be opposed , and its authors shamed.
I was thinking more in the line that they seem to have taken some reasonable law, and modified it to fit their motives.
The authors are definitely homophobic, and the missionaries who gave them the idea, who keep praising these changes, should be equally shamed.