Stop Gay Death Law in Uganda

Got this from Spart, and it seems legit:

A bill in the Ugandan parliament proposes life imprisonment for anyone convicted of having same-sex relations and imposes the death penalty for "serial offenders." NGO employees working to prevent the spread of HIV could be imprisoned for up to 7 years for "promoting homosexuality." Even members of the public face up to three years in jail if they fail to report homosexual activity to the police within 24 hours!

The bill had been delayed because of some initial international criticism. But after a well-funded and vicious lobbying effort by extremists, it now looks set to be passed -- threatening widespread persecution and bloodshed.

With the decision expected in days, only an irresistible wave of worldwide pressure will be enough to save the lives of gay people in Uganda.

I just signed a new international petition to stop the gay death law. Will you join in?

http://pol.moveon.org/uganda/?r_by=-234328-naIBTUx&rc=paste

Thanks!

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Those are the edible little pouches into which one can sneak pills for your feline or Fido (the doggie pouches are bigger than the cat ones), and this household will be using them. A lot.

I took both cats to the vet today for checkups and shots at 4 p.m. Jesse, who is nine or ten, has a heart murmur. No more dried cat food (he eats mostly wet), because it is high in sodium. And, he needs to have a 1/4 human (regular strength) aspirin twice a week.

The vet didn't detect any such problem in Stella, but declared she should get the same aspirin therapy. In his opinion, all cats age 10 and up should, since a thickening of the heart muscle is common, and there's a danger of clotting when the blood is slowed getting into a ventricle (I think that's what he said). There aren't always symptoms, like the heart murmur, so she could have it and we'd never know until it was too late. The aspirin is to increase the time it takes pooled blood to clot.

He also said that even canned cat food is high in sodium, and we should start giving them a mix of half canned food and half cut-up chicken.

Otherwise, they're both healthy, and Stella, who has been gassy or constipated in prior exams, was in great shape in that department.

Well, they're not getting that tonight, because I'm not prepared for it. But, I do have some small chicken pieces in the freezer that I can sacrifice to the cause.

ETA: Jesse went outside after returning home, then came in and demanded dinner. Stella is too traumatized from her ordeal in the car to come out of hiding.