Nu Vibez and Roleplay Guide Magazine - March 2014 | Page 55

The Trouble with Uganda. Loss of Gay Rights, Just a Beginning? - p1

Photo Courtesy of Crito Gal er

The Trouble
with Uganda
Loss of Gay Rights,
Just a beginning?
By Draghan Marksman & Crito Gal er
The opinions and personal views on
sexual orienta on have grown to historic
levels with regard to levels of acceptance.
As the scien fic community has proven,
sexual preference is part of who we are
born to be. S ll, archaic thinking
abounds throughout the world with
regard to acceptance of this fact affec ng
the lives of millions. The ba le of ge ng
people to understand the facts about
sexual preference is seemingly

insurmountable as personal view points
are embedded in deep beliefs which are
o en rooted in misguided values
influenced by those that ignore the facts.
Changing personal beliefs is
compounded when governments also
ignore the facts and take ac ons that lead
to and promote discrimina on against
whole segments of people, viola ng their
unalienable rights.
The world watched in horror last week as
the Uganda government passed into law
the An -Homosexuality Act, 2014
(previously called the "Kill the Gays bill"
in the media due to the originally
proposed death penalty clauses). Passed
by the Parliament of Uganda on 20
December 2013 with the death penalty
proposal dropped in favor of life in
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