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(62,328 posts)wow.
myrna minx
(22,772 posts)Chorophyll
(5,179 posts)Skittles
(152,918 posts)salin
(48,954 posts)to face a penalty that could reach death.
The people in this picture are my new heroes.
Could you take a stand on behalf of yourself or others, that could lead to your death because of taking that stand?
Awesome and inspirational!
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)frogmarch
(12,143 posts)Stunning! Marvelous!
Pterodactyl
(1,687 posts)DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)...re-introduced last year.
- But it's still a crime there though.....
Raster
(20,996 posts)<snip>
It would prohibit the "promotion" of gay rights and punish anyone who "funds or sponsors homosexuality" or "abets homosexuality".
Denounced as "odious" by U.S. President Barack Obama, the first draft, which threatened the death sentence for what it called "aggravated homosexuality", languished in parliament for two years, never making it to the chamber's debating floor.
Bahati re-introduced a mildly watered-down second draft in February and is confident of a "yes" vote even though the bill's progress has stalled at committee level.
The death sentence clause is gone, as is the demand Ugandans report gays to the authorities, he told Reuters.
But the damage has been done, gay rights campaigners in Uganda say. A vitriolic homophobia is rising in Ugandan society, they say, pointing to the meteoric rise of the evangelical church as a driving force.
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These brave persons in the photo live with a death sentence EVERY FUCKING DAY! These brave persons face their lives in ruin on a daily basis, simply because they were born LGBT.
As the article points out. The damage has been done. And frankly, it would not take much for the fanatical homophobes to ressurrect this hideous law.
Doremus
(7,261 posts)Such courage is rare and inspirational.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)niyad
(112,065 posts)Politicub
(12,162 posts)And an inspiration.
GoneOffShore
(17,303 posts)Uganda has had its share of sorrows.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)kag
(4,075 posts)Those people are real heroes, and the people who target them, abuse them, intimidate them, their family and their friends are the worst kind of pariah on this planet.
Dustlawyer
(10,489 posts)SunSeeker
(51,302 posts)Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)This is what the bigots everywhere must remember. They cannot take their humanity away, no matter how hard they try or what they say. In doing so, those who hate others will destroy humanity as a whole. And it's simply not worth it.
Ian_rd
(2,124 posts)I can't say I would ever encourage them to do that. But hell, I guess that means they're the ones making it safer for others. I sure hope none of them pay with their lives.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)I hope that nothing bad happens to these brave souls.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Ohio Joe
(21,607 posts)That is indeed true courage.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,181 posts)When you know that you cannot live any longer in the shadows of someone else's fear or hatred...
These brave souls have done just that.
I am in awe.
deafskeptic
(463 posts)this is rare to see courage like these guys and gals display.
Heather MC
(8,084 posts)Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)I could not have done this, although I wish I could convince myself that I would have the guts. I can't lie that much, even to myself.