Xtra reports from Uganda: Hundreds rally against homosexuality

[meegbear]

It wasn't quite the "Million Man March Against Homosexuality" that organizers promised, but its size was still impressive — and troubling.

In a small town in southeastern Uganda called Jinja, 350 people demonstrated against gay rights on Monday. Young and old, they carried crudely-made signs with homophobic messages:

• "Homosexuality is a curse, it leads to death!!"
  
• "Let's kick sodomy out of Uganda"
  
• "God hates homosexuality"
  
• "Homosexuality is evil, I hate it"
  
• "Sodomy is not what we need"
  
• "I say no to homosexuality"
  
• "Islam stands against homosexuality"
  
• "Say No. Man to man homosexuality is a curse!!"
  
• "Remember Sodom"
  
• "It is time to stop homosexuality"
  
• "Sodomy = hell"
  

Many of the protesters' signs targeted one man in particular — US President Barack Obama — for speaking out against a Ugandan bill that, if passed, could lead to the execution of gays and lesbians, the abolition of pro-gay organizations and the imprisonment of allies who try to hide the identities of queer friends and family.

One anti-Obama sign showed a drawing of the US President with fangs in his mouth and horns coming out of his head, along with the words "No pact with the devil."

Trevor Snapp, an American freelance photojournalist who witnessed the march, said, "If someone had been called out for being gay, they would have been ripped to shreds. Just the mere mention of homosexuality made people freak out, fall down and start shivering. It was really intense; kind of like a frenzy."

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[MattBaggins]

1. Kind of like a franzy eh?

Guess we can thank all those American Evangelical thugs for whipping that up.