This article focuses on the primitive behavior of the African country, Uganda. On the previous Tuesday, February 25th, the Ugandan president signed a bill into law make homosexuality a crime. In the early stages of this bill, homosexuality was even made punishable by death. This, however, was revised to the much more reasonable life in prison. Showing just how enlightened this country is, the Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni when asked in an interview how he felt about gay people personally responded "Of course! They are disgusting. What sort of people are they?" Well this is just a thought, but the same as any other person deserving fair treatment and basic human rights? This alarming statement may seem like something that would get a president kicked out of office, but shockingly about 96% of Ugandans disapprove of homosexuality in society.
I found this article both alarming and disgusting. I understand that there is still controversy over whether or not gay marriage should be legalized, but I thought society had come far enough to understand homosexuality is not a crime. I was concerned by the findings of Museveni's scientists since there have been studies that have found a link between genetics and sexual orientation. Illustrating the deep-rooted ignorant hate going on in Uganda, a tabloid newspaper, Red Pepper newspaper in the country, prints lists of "the country's top homosexuals". This has happened before with another Ugandan newspaper, Rolling Stones, instructing the reader to "hang them". At first, it was incomprehensible to me how such a large group of people could be ingrained with such hatred, but then I think about Nazi Germany because sadly things like this have happened before. I only pray that a change will come to take away the hardness in the heart of most Ugandans so that they may realize the cruelty in their unevolved thinking.
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