Stop Gay Death Law in Uganda

[ar_wahan]

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!

Comments

[teal-cuttlefish.livejournal.com]

I think we need to make it clear that we see what is going on, and object. Even people who do believe they deserve Better are at a disadvantage against people with guns who believe they should be oppressed, and making the country aware that people are on the outside watching and objecting is far better than pretending it will go away on its own.

To use your own comparison, ignoring Nazi Germany and waiting for it to right itself would have simply given them license to continue to slaughter their version of undesirables and eventually conquer the world. It's important to be aware of what happens beyond our own boundaries.

(And clearly, your comments sparked something in me. :D )

[comingin2day.livejournal.com]

Having my own past life experiences of concentration camps and death; I do understand what happens when your own government, neighbors, friends, shop keepers turn their backs upon you while they rape your family and kill them. I do understand what it is like to watch everything good in life as you know it, while being a good person myself, it did not change the evil that happened.

So, yes outrage can be spoken, petitions can be signed, Wars can happen; but if we can not change their society from killing their own or turning their backs upon brothers and sisters, what is the point? Change needs to happen within themselves, fear binds and undermines hope and love; tears families apart and is a crime against their own.

I can go on and on, I can sign every petition, stand and picket for human rights; but it does not take away the frustration and anger at the loss of humanity and the crimes that Government do for whose sake? Theirs, evil?

I do not know what else to say or do. Mankind allows so many evils to happen to itself, at some point victims need to make a stand with violence or they will dissappear into nothing; their only memorance will be a note on a number of how many were murdered in a text book, faceless and nameless.