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Uganda anti-gay law called 'abhorrent,' 'deeply offensive'
http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-uganda-anti-gay-law-offensive-20140224,0,3658466.storyUganda anti-gay law called 'abhorrent,' 'deeply offensive'
By Robyn Dixon
February 24, 2014, 11:12 a.m.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Human rights groups and Western leaders condemned harsh anti-gay legislation signed into law Monday by Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, calling it draconian, offensive and an affront to basic rights.
But Ugandan officials and parliamentarians, including David Bahati, who introduced the law in parliament, celebrated the move.
Bahati posted a thank you message to Museveni on his Facebook page: "If you are involved in the gay and lesbianism lifestyle you are liable to life imprisonment. Thanks to President Yoweri Museveni for protecting our families in Uganda."
Museveni ignored intense Western pressure and appeals from President Obama and South African Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu, the former Anglican archbishop, in signing the bill into law Monday.
