General Chat

Rita, everyone has the right to decide on this for themselves...unlike the people affected by the prospective law in Uganda...

It is not my petition, but an ongoing one, 327,439 people have signed in just a few days. Nothing an individual says will sway a government...maybe nothing a million individuals say... but it might if it was felt the international community would protest, the church is already doing so it would seem.

I will not believe in a world where no difference can be made....or at least not one in which it is futile to even try :)

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I don't feel it is poking our noses into other peoples business when it is about human rights,

If a law is wrong I don't feel I have to keep my mouth shut, whether it is in this country or any other. Injustice is just that wherever it occurs.

Just signed Rose. I hate discrimination of any kind.

Dianne xx

"Uganda’s parliament is preparing to pass a brutal new law that would punish gay people with prison -- even death.

Initial international criticism drove the President to call for a review. But after a well-funded and vicious lobbying effort by extremists, the bill looks set to be passed -- threatening widespread persecution and bloodshed.

The bill proposes life imprisonment for anyone convicted of having same-sex relations and imposes the death penalty for “serial offenders”. NGOs working to prevent the spread of HIV could be imprisoned for up to 7 years for “promoting homosexuality”. Even members of the public face up to three years in jail if they fail to report homosexual activity to the police within 24 hours! "


http://www.avaaz.org/en/uganda_rights_3/?vl

Thanks if you can :))

Rose xx