Uganda opposes Sodomy
What a welcome change from eating each other. Some of the perverts in White government who advocate sodomy and all the filth that goes with it can take a lesson from these black people.
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Attack Against Anti-Sodomy Laws
International organization, Human Rights Watch, has history of opposing human
life and family legislation
By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman
UGANDA, September 24, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Dr. Martin Ssempa, spokesman for
Uganda's Interfaith Rainbow Coalition Against Homosexuality (INFAH), recently
blasted the pro-gay organization "Human Rights Watch" for "numerous errors and
misrepresentations" in their recent letter accusing the Uganda government of
human rights abuses for enforcing the country's
anti-sodomy laws.
"What you characterize as 'harassment' of homosexuals or 'threatening
statements' by high government officials is in reality nothing more than the
enforcement of the laws of our country prohibiting
homosexual activity", wrote Ssempa in a letter to the
organization.
"These laws reflect our culture and the sentiments of the vast majority of our
people," he continued. "As a sovereign nation, we not only have the right, but
also the obligation to enact laws that are supported by the vast majority of our
people and reflect our culture and these values. Last week, Steadman and
Associates carried out a research poll which
showed that an overwhelming majority of Ugandans-95 percent-find homosexuality
morally repugnant and absolutely unacceptable to our culture."
The Human Rights Watch letter, written on August 23rd, claims that Uganda is
violating the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by "a
long-standing pattern of harassment and state condemnation of people based on
their sexual orientation and gender identity".
Uganda's laws prohibit unnatural forms of sexual behavior, for which the maximum
penalty is a life sentence.
The letter claims that "Uganda is obligated to respect the provisions on
equality and freedom from discrimination enshrined in its constitution (article
21(1)-(2)) and to comply with its international obligations as set forth in the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which prohibits
discrimination in its articles 2 and 26)."
Ssempa, who is an international AIDS activist who advocates abstinence and
marital fidelity as the primary way to combat AIDS, was particularly indignant
about Human Rights Watch's contention that "to silence any discussion of sexual
orientation" is "a determination that is devastating in the context of the HIV
pandemic". He emphasizes that it is precisely
Uganda's emphasis on sexual morality that has cut the incidence of AIDS to 5%, a
success rate unmatched in any other African country.
Ssempa points out that discouraging homosexual
behavior is of key importance in fighting AIDS.
"Uganda has been a leader in reducing the rate of infection, and
we have done it almost entirely by stressing abstinence before marriage and
fidelity after marriage," he writes.
"To suggest that we are not doing a good job with our young people is simply not
supported by the facts. To also suggest that because our HIV/AIDS prevention
programs do not cater specifically to homosexuals is to suggest that not only
should we condone their sexual behavior, but that they have some special right
to engage in risky behavior that actually spreads this disease."
Human Rights Watch has not responded to the letter.
Ssempa's full letter to Human Rights Watch:
http://www.supportuganda.org/uga/Ssempa_letter.pdf
See previous LifeSiteNews coverage:
Uganda Pro-Family Rally: "God loves homos, he hates homosexuality"
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/aug/07082103.html
Ugandan Vice President Opposes Abortion and Homosexuality as "Abnormal" and
"Immoral"
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/aug/07082205.html
Ugandan Anti-AIDS Activist Demands UN Fire Lewis For Pushing Condoms
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/sep/05090701.html
United Nations Official Slams US for Abstinence Approach to AIDS in Uganda
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/aug/05083101.html
Uganda AIDS Prevention Success Being Undermined by Infuriated UN Condom-Pushers
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/feb/05020408.html
Ugandans urged to release condoms
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4208972.stm
Population Control Pedlars Spreading AIDS In Africa?
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/1999/apr/990415a.html
U.N.'s Top AIDS Envoy Forgets Diplomacy in Demonizing U.S. Abstinence First
Strategy
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2004/jul/04071602.html
RUBBERIZING AFRICA AND THE FINANCING OF GENOCIDE
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2000/jul/00071802.html