Photo: BIGSTOCKUganda’s new bill is unnatural and un-AfricanLast Thursday, Uganda announced plans to resurrect the infamous “Kill the Gays” bill, possibly within weeks. It is not homosexuality that is un-African, or un-Ugandan, but the laws that criminalize gay sex, which were exported to Africa by Western colonial powers. Under current Ugandan law, gay sex is already punishable with up to life imprisonment, forcing them to live a life of secrecy and lies. It is hard to imagine anything more offensive to life than killing people because they love. Love is what makes life worth living, and laws criminalizing same-sex relationships, forms of human bonding as natural and healthy as heterosexual relationships, consequently are a denial of life.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 13, 2019 12:56 UTC