Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has lead a rally celebrating
his country’s new anti-gay laws, saying that homosexuality
creates grave health problems and that gays have always been
regarded as abnormal by Africans.
Museveni made the comments on Monday at a “thanksgiving
service” organised in the capital Kampala by a coalition of
Ugandan religious leaders and government officials who said the
president deserves credit for defying Western pressures over the
legislation.
Thousands attended the event, including schoolchildren who sang
and danced to anti-gay tunes that also railed against the West.
Museveni, who in February signed a bill strengthening criminal
penalties against homosexuals, said that he is “now mobilising to
fight” Western gays he accuses of promoting homosexuality in
Africa.
Since enacting the law, Uganda has attracted sharp international
criticism from rights groups and high-profile international figures
who have denounced the legislation as draconian.
No comments:
Post a Comment