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Dorothee

Dorothee

Germany

February 19, 2012

Please! Please! Please! You would do me the greatest favor by at least just reading this. If you don’t have the time to read everything, then at least read the last clause, please. Thank you!

In 2011 there was a discussion in Uganda about whether or not death penalty shall get reintrodiced and if people also should be sentenced to death for being gay. International protests (also and especially from Obama, the president of the USA) made them abandon this discussion for the moment. However now they decided to recontinue and if we don’t intervene they are going to kill people simply for behaving according to their nature. Yes, for natural behaviour, because homosexuality can be found everywhere! There are reports and footage proving that homosexuality can be found in the animal kingdom, too. They even filmed intelligent animals, like whales, dolphins or primates which showed homosexual behavior. So you can’t say that this is condemnable, because of being against nature. They say that this is condemnable, because the Old Testament condemns it. When an US-American Christian theologian held a speech about why homosexualty was condemnable according to the OT she received a letter saying something like “What do you think. How much money should I ask for when I sell my daughter into slavery? Because that’s exactly what one sentence written in the Old Testament allows me to do. How should I kill my uncle for growing two things in one and the same field?” You can’t just fix a whole theological theory on one single quotation. 1 Thess 5,21 even says that we should firstly test it and only keep it if it’s still good. I don’t want to go any further. If you really want to know why I – a strictly religious lady – am against discriminating homosexuals and even think that my religion tells me to do so, then you should read “http://www.englishbaby.com/findfriends/view_photo/596319?page=4”. It’s the comment of 03:13 AM Mar 08 2011.

However David Bahari, a member of Uganda’s parlament as well as of its ruling party also had a comment in favour of this upcoming law, saying that homosexualty could destroy family structures and tolerating homosexuals could have a bad influence on children. I agree on the first comment. Even most younger people still have problems trying to accept “gays” as some still circulating jokes about homosexuals prove. Also organisations like “La Refugee” that adopt adolescents who got abandoned by their parents simply for being gay prove that homosexuals have serious trouble trying to fit in even into their own family. However this could also be considered as a social problem rather than a problem caused by homosexuals. After all the history of Judaism also is full of discrimination, persecutiion and not just one genocide and today nobody would say that the Jews were to blame for what happened to them. Only real nerds would still walk around saying something stupid like “Well, if these Jews hadn’t been Jews none would have killed them. So the problem obviously was that they were Jewish!”
His second comment however sounded like – excuse the word – rubbish to me. I’m sorry, but what sort of influence does he imagine here? That a kid who gets asked why he / she is gay could defend this attitude of his / her by saying “But Peter from 9th grade is homosexual, too. So I make love to someone of my sex, because I want to be like him.”?
What about another example? Nearly all children have an idol and usually this is a movie or a pop star. Does Bahari really think that if one of these stars was gay, a child of under ten years would say “Gee! When I’m grown up, I want to be gay, too.”? I suppose – or at least I hope – not! This would be just ridiculous.

If you want to do something against this madness then please sign the following petitions or inform others about them:

“http://www.amnesty.org.au/action/action/27844/”

“https://secure.avaaz.org/en/uganda_stop_homophobia_petition/”

We beat Uganda’s anti-gay bill once! I’m sure we can beat it twice and – if necessary – three times. Thank you for your support!

 

P.S. It goes without saying that this text in no way is trying to deny the fact that according to most Christian confessions, Islam, Judaism and a few less well-known religious groups homosexuality is a sin. I'm just against forcing aforementioned beliefs upon people - especially by using measures as cruel as these - and against disrespectful treatment of an ethnic group that hasn't done harm to anybody. Also I'm against killing people - especially in cases like this one where they want a group of people dead, just because said group is considered socially-awkward and subhuman by their standards. In addition to that I think all the information I got before creating this text also rises the question whether or not calling homosexuals "unnatural beings" is such a good argument for punishing them. Maybe they just should think through their arguments before enforcing a law that is as crucial as this one.

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10:12 AM Jul 21 2017

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

"GEA" says that now German president Steinmeier made it official that he signed a new law according to which from now on homosexual couples may marry in Germany and have the same rights as other married couples.

12:19 AM Jun 20 2016

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

Has anybody been to the "Brandenburger Tor" in Berlin (Brandenburg /Germany) last weekend?

No? Because according to "Tagesschau" if one had been there, he vould have seen a solemn vigil titled "Berlin for Orlando" during which the "Brandenburger Tor" was illuminated in the colors of the rainbow to show solidarity with the victims of what here is called the "Orlando-Massaker".

12:24 AM Jun 17 2016

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

"Domradio" says that the European Court in den Haag now decided that EU-member states still have the right to juristically seen define marriage as a thing between one man and one woman as opposed to states that allow polygamy or homosexual marriage. However each EU-member state is obliged to offer alternatives to marriage to homosexual couples. They argued with the cultural - not the religious - background of some states. Real discrimination or even persecution still is not allowed within the EU, though.

12:22 AM Mar 29 2016

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

On Good Saturday "Domradio" announced that the protestant church in Berlin-Brandenburg-schlesische Oberlausitz plans to allow homosexual marriages as something that is in keeping with their interpretation of Christian faith. However some church-communities - about 20 - still doubt that this is in keeping with Christian faith and thus they are allowed for the next five years at least to refuse marrying homosexual couples. It is a compromise everyone can live with as homosexual couples from these communities still can have their marriage in any other protestant church in this area.

01:08 PM Jun 05 2015

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

Dear peyman,

Especially after just receiving this accusing comment from Ahmed, I really appreciate you sticking up for me in this blog. So with a "slight" delay I thank you, Sir.

 

 

Dear Ahmed,

I don't quite understand why this three year-old blog of mine just made you so upset. In fact I presume, the problem is that by posting this blog I simply expressed myself in a way that can be misunderstood. If so, I'm really sorry, Sir and I think it's time I clear up this "malentendu" between you, Sir and me as it never was my intention to express myself in an ambiguous way:

 

>The fact that I defend an elemental right of homosexual people here - namely the right to live - doesn't say anything about my sexual orientation, but rather about my scepticism towards death penalty - which is understandable considering I was raised in a country where there is no such thing as death penalty.

In fact I already stood up for Muslims, Jews, Rohingya, Roman-Catholics and many more on my profile - although I of course can't be all of these. Thus you can savely presume that this blog doesn't say anything about my relation to people of the same sex as mine.

 

>The fact that I criticize their arguments and bring forward some arguments I learned from a Western documentary movie does not say I want our Western culture to be forced upon these people. That would even be illogical seeing how I find some Ugandan traditions and cultural subjects like songs, dance etc. quite interesting. I simply said that their arguments were just too unconvincing - if not illogical - to base a whole penalty on them and that they at least should bring up some better arguments that maybe could convince some more people - although I of course still would be against death penalty for homosexuals as well as for anybody else.

>I never said that Uganda or any other state should give homosexual couples the right to get married. As long as here are people out there who get killed for religious, political or ethnical reasons - or because they are wrongfully accused of having committed a crime - it even seems ridiculous to me that amidst all this cruelty in the world I should care about a very small minority - like homosexuals - getting the political right to get married.

 

>This blog definitely is not a criticism of the Roman-Catholic church and its refusal to bless homosexual marriage - I thought I already made that clear by posting statements of Roman-Catholic leading figures who just like me say that you shall not kill or discriminate against homosexuals. In fact today "Domradio" reported about a Roman-Catholic German bishop and his negative point of view of lawful marriage of homosexual couples and I can merrily admit that - although I didn't understand nor could remember everything - some of his arguments against legal marriage still make sense to me. For example he says that in Ireland homosexual couples now can marry and adopt a child even though this child probably never wanted to live with a homosexual couple and its parents probably never would have wanted it to live with a homosexual couple. Putting things this way it made a lot of sense to me when he said that under this point of view the orphaned children are degraded to things that can be given away to anybody against their will and against the will of their parents. This little anecdote shows that I in fact am capable of understanding Roman-Catholic ideals and also take them very serious. Thus I hardly can be a Catholophobe.  

 

To keep a long letter short: This blog doesn't say anything about my love life, about my opinion on Ireland legalizing homosexual marriage, about my thoughts on Ugandan culture or about my relation to any religious or cultural group. All I wanted was for Uganda not to base its laws on such banal and irrational arguments and for homosexual people to live. Seeing as this goal was reached months ago I don't understand why people are still commenting and even still get angry with me.

03:00 PM Nov 23 2012

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

I thank you Sir for clearing up this misunderstanding. Now I know that you didn't mean that in a negative way. Thank you, Sir!

You say you want me to prove my point of view, but I honestly don't understand you here, Sir. I gave you examples from nature - and some theologians say that we can partly figure out God's will by watching nature in addition to learning from the Bible /the church -, I gave you quotes from the Bible that I just interpret this way and I actually never said that I was right and you were wrong. I just don't know. I just tried to explain how I could interpret such a thing into the Bible even though I completely understand why so many Christians are against homosexual people. I even think it's a good idea of yours that we should help homosexual people, since some of them really have problems with their sexual orientation and they don't want to be like that. I didn't even do this to show off, but to prevent Uganda from sentencing homosexual citizens to death...and as far as I understand you, you also are against death penalty for homosexuals, aren't you, Sir? This is one thing we have in common!

In your comment you used the expressions "false Christians" and "Christians who never have opened a Bible". The latter actually is rather doubtful, since I don't consider it as possible that whole Christian churches never opened a Bible, so I'll just focus on the first one.  It's just my point of view, but I don't really like this expression. In some cases there just is no "false" or "correct" that is based on the Bible only. For example "Is it right to kill a person for the crimes he /she committed?" The Old Testament condons executions and condemns killing, while in the New Testament Jesus Christ is against the execution of a lady who did something that deserves death penalty according to the Old Testament, I know US-American Christians who condon death penalty and especially the first US-American settlers had a law concerning death penalty that was based on the Bible, while I know many Christians who generally  are against death penalty. Also there always have been Christian, Jewish and Muslim soldiers and during a war soldiers just are forced to kill sometimes. They all have /had an opinion that was /is based on the Bible and have /had good reasons to believe that they are /were right.

I never meant to upset anybody and I apologize if I still did. I just wanted to help these poor people who were about to be executed in Uganda. Let alone that this event - people getting executed for religious reasons - made several atheists start real hating campaigns against religion in general and I just needed to defend myself as well as my brothers in faith. My intentions never were condemnable. I just tried to find a way to make users join my fight for the lives of these people and the best idea I came up with was this: giving them an insight into what I think about the Bible.

01:05 PM Nov 23 2012

I M P E R I V M
United States

I did not say you cheated in a negative way. What I meat is that if you use what others say or do as arguments then really is no way of debating because that is not evidence or TRUTH but merely opinions.

If you want to prove homosexuality is normal you have to demostrate: 1 It is not a learned behavior (we already discused it was) 2 It is natural (good luck on that) 3 That it is aproved by God (this one is only necesary if you want all people to accept it) yes some christians approve it but they either are false chirstians or have never opened a bible.

What you said about the christians who killed people is true and ovbiosly I dont like that, history is full of that but their actions just show they did exactly the oposite to what God said (you should not kill) So you should not reject God for that but instead learn that those false christians dont represent their God.

Why is it so hard for you to understand Dorothee? Tongue out

12:47 AM Nov 23 2012

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

Excuse me, Sir, but don't you think it's kind of inappropriate to call me like that even though you've never seen me before. Let alone that I made it clear in this blog that I only posted this to prevent the killing of homosexuals in Uganda. I know that most religions - including most Christians - condemn homosexuality, but on the other hand there also are Muslims (just a few) who condon terrorism, there already were Christians who condoned the burning of witches, crusades, slavery and the murder of non-Christians. They also justify /justified that by refering to their religious scriptures - which clearly proves my point that you could interpret really anything into a religious book - and I suppose you - as a "modern" Christian - do not want slavery, the burning of witches or a genocide on non-Christians, do you?

By the way: Maybe it's just me, but your examples of other religions /cultures that allow drugs, sodomy etc. didn't really convince me. Drugs - if not used for medical purpose - can do serious harm. Having sex with animals or children - like some cultures allow it - is a torture for them. Infanticide - also allowed in native tribes - of course is cruel towards these babies. However by practicing homosexuality you actually don't harm any person or animal. Of course if a girl falls in love with a boy and later realizes that he will never love her back, because he is gay, may hurt her, but love just hurts sometimes. She would also get hurt if the boy had fallen in love with another girl instead of her. But as I said it's just me. In addition I think that the people who take drugs, rape children and animals or kill people - the examples you mentioned in your comment - usually do that intentionally while as far as I'm informed you can't really control whom to fall in love with.  I just tried to explain to you my lack of understanding. I just didn't understand why you called this argument of mine cheating.

P.S. There indeed are Christian churches who tolerate homosexuality for the reasons mentioned in this blog, such as the Catholic Diocese of the Old Catholics in Germany, the United Church of Christ and the United Church of Canada.

05:00 PM Nov 22 2012

I M P E R I V M
United States

Refering to others cultures, religions or what "somebody said" is like cheating Dorothee let me explain: If I want to use drugs there are many religions where is okay to use them. And in some cultures people eat their babies (canibalism) in others cultures is okay to have sex with animals, kids, between gays ect. So if I want to justify myself I just have to look for a another culture, religion of my taste and then I can do what I want.

I am Christian (non denomination just God) because I have tested God and what he says (Bible). I was an atheist before and I used every thing I could to have my way

I think you are maybe lesbian or want to be and uncounsiously want to hear people tell you is ok to justify yourself.

09:12 AM Nov 22 2012

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

First of all I thank you for agreeing that homosexuals also should have a right to live. You must be a very kind and tolerant person, Sir.

Your examples are correct. Some animals develop homosexual behavior if they don't have a partner of the opposite sex while others mate with individuals of the same sex to dominate them rather than for sexual reasons.

However I could swear to you that I once saw a German documentary that stated that for example some dolphins that lived in their natural environment with individuals of the opposite sex nearby developed homosexual behavior that had nothing to do with dominance, but with sexual interest.

P.S. Whether or not you consider this as a sin may depend on your religion, since some religious groups - like some native tribes - don't see homosexuality as a real sin. Also I think that you can interpret anything into a religious book. In the German novel "Jäger des weißen Goldes" (not available in English) for example there is one chapter that deals with an argument between two Christian men. One of them claims that God wants the white population of his country to opress and even enslave its black majority while the other is against opression and slavery and also claims that his opinion is based on the Bible.

02:38 PM Nov 21 2012

I M P E R I V M
United States

Homosexuality is an abominable thing! yes it is found in nature BUT not in natural circumstances for example I have seen that the animals they show as homosexuals are animals found in zoos that had no natural sexual partner and since they follow instinct they became like that, also abused animals sometimes present that behavior and animals that their mothers were kill or removed from them might develop that.

And if you analyze that you will see that those are the same reasons why humans become gay: lonliness, lack of partner, hate agaisnt the other sex, perversion (porn can turn you gay I have some friends) and many other reasons

In the old and NEW testament GOD hates homosexuality (like all other sexual sins) and all of them will go to hell. But should not kill them we should help them change and use their bodies for what they were made. Homosexuality is in the mind and it can be reversed. I know it because I have seen it personally

12:43 PM Aug 24 2012

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

To the nice Iranian gentleman: I understand you perfectly, but if I'm not mistaken, you don't understand me completely. I think I would be no better than the crusaders or the conquerers of America if I didn't respect Iran's people - which just wants death penalty for homosexuals. If you want this law because the Koran clearly tells you to execute homosexuals, then there is nothing a non-Iranian like me can do about it. I just tried to explain why I don't think these Christians are right with their interpretation of the Bible. Misunderstandings happen more often than you'd think. I remember how some years ago had an argue and in the end it turned out that all this fuss was nothing but a misunderstanding between him and me. He misinterpreted something I said and I misunderstood him at one point. Now, if a heavy misunderstanding that even lead to an argue could happen to two siblings who are nearly the same age, couldn't it be possible as well that one misunderstands the Bible? I only explained my point of view. I don't know whether I am right or wrong.

"In Nigeria some extremely dangerous Christian sects have been developing during the last few years. They gain more and more power and thus nearly every Nigerian – especially from urban areas – believes in their strange stories about witchcraft and how especially children and babies “are very likely to become diabolical and evil”.
Sam Ikpe-Itauma is one of the few people in this area who does not believe what the evangelical “prophets” are preaching. He opened his house to a few children who got chased away from home, because they were accused of being witches. Now he tries his best to look after 131 children. The survival of each of them is a miracle to me. I read that some parents even tried to kill their “so evil witch-” children by pouring acid in their throats, by burrying them alive, by tying them to some tree in the wild, by drawing one or more nails through the son’s or daughter’s head or – in the case of a toddler I read about – by just abandoning them without food or water. Plus they usually did so after some “priest” practiced his own form of “exorcism” on them, by starving them or by doing other things that would weaken these mentally and physically still developing children. As I said these 131 didn’t just live – which would have been amazing enough -, but they also got help and found a new home – which is very unusual in a country where many people consider it as something that goes without saying that little babies can be possesed by the devil and commit sins like murder.
“http://www.hopeislife.org/archives/100.html” belongs to an organisation that supports Sam Ikpe-Itauma and shows people how to get involved.
Two further websites that aren’t less usefull are “http://www.steppingstonesnigeria.org/donate.html” and “http://www.africa-outreach.org/”.
Some say that we shouldn’t help countries like Nigeria, but boycott them as a punishment. However I think this would make everything worse, wouldn’t it? After all these “Christians” blame every single famine, disease etc. on children and thus they won’t even understand when we boycott them."

Now, after this article, do you still think that there are no religious leaders who may teach the "wrong" thing?

06:46 AM May 16 2012

razzaghi

razzaghi
Iran, Islamic Republic Of

Hey you are simply endorsing and publishing this satanic activity, understand! quit it dorothee.

06:57 AM Mar 22 2012

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

According to BBC they already decided that at least no homosexuals shall get sentenced to death in Uganda. However the discussion about the legalty of homosexualty in this state goes on.

08:45 AM Mar 11 2012

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

For sure I'd agree that we all should live in peace.

As long as this doesn't include discrimination against any ethnic group - of course I know that even today there still are several countries in which it does - I also like the idea that in some countries Muslims, Jews and Christians don't get judged in the exact same manner. I think that in most cases this is a good thing, since even though the three world religions have many things in common, there still are some little differences. It may be a good idea to respect these differences by confirming this form of respect in the constitution.

So, what do you suppose in this case? That there should be an extra law for the small Muslim minority living in this country? Were you trying to tell me that they should get an extra right to execute homosexuals within their own communities? By posting this question I neither say that I condon this idea, nor that I condemn it. I'm just curiously waiting for your answer.

08:00 AM Mar 11 2012

razzaghi

razzaghi
Iran, Islamic Republic Of

I agree, so I would tell something I am sure you agree too:

if we respect the law of christians in a christian society and the law of muslims in an Islamic society we will not have problem to live toghether in peace.

in an Islamic society a non muslim would not be treated like a muslim, because a muslim is consided as a member of muslims comunity. anyway all must be equal in practice.

08:47 AM Mar 10 2012

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

I know you like it that in Iran the law is according to Sharia-law, but most non-Muslims don't want this law and even consider it as something dreadful. I accept the law of Muslims when it gets practiced in the countries where the majority is Islamic. After all I'd say that most people living there are content with this law - or at least that's my impression that got influenced by some personal (online) talks with people living in countries like these and by other serious primary sources. However I don't think that you should force something upon non-Muslims that even is feared by most of the latter.

In some cases I'd say you are right: The majority sometimes is wrong. You'll find multiple examples proving this in history, e.g. when Hitler got elected legally, when the majority of Christians condoned things like crusades or the burning of witches, when the majority of US-citizens considered it as something right to enslave black Africans and to take them away from their homes etc. - Please forgive the chronical disorder in this listing of mine. I just typed what went into my mind. -, but in some cases there just is no right and wrong. Let's take the subject "tolerance" for example. Is it a good thing to be a tolerant person? Most Christians living today would say yes, most Christians who lived centuries ago would have said no. Is it okay to let a homosexual live? I say yes, because according to my personal opinion they don't harm anybody and you say no, because the Koran says no. Now we have two opposite statements written by two rationally thinking and sane people...

08:12 AM Mar 10 2012

razzaghi

razzaghi
Iran, Islamic Republic Of

I sometimes wonder whether a majority is always the right side anywhere...

11:01 AM Mar 09 2012

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

You mean homosexualty? I know it is forbidden in Islam, but you have to keep in mind that in Uganda Muslims only are a minority of less than 10%.

In addition it is desputable if creating a state only according to the religion of its majority is such a good idea. This could easily lead to a persecution of its minority - and meanwhile every state has an ethnic minority.

 

05:11 AM Mar 09 2012

razzaghi

razzaghi
Iran, Islamic Republic Of

Hey!Innocent

this is forbiden in Islam...

We say "God knows better"...

03:02 AM Mar 09 2012

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

"The Obama administration recently said it would use its foreign diplomatic tools, including aid, to promote equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people around the world. Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain has threatened to cut aid for countries that do not accept homosexuality." (New York Times)

Considering that with technical support from other countries Uganda could get rid of its status as a Least Developed Country within this decade already, this threat may work. Thus you can consider this as a first little success. We may still depend on more pressure from outside and inside of this country - like petition signatures - but I consider this as a first win against this bill.

04:18 AM Mar 07 2012

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

Reupload:

 

I heard that some homophobic people think that homosexual men could dislike women and even get rude towards the latter.

Nonsense!

Firstly any human being - and animals too - could develop rude attitudes. There is nothing a law could do about this.

Secondly there are official examples of gay men who were polite towards representatives of both genders.

Thirdly they say that since there are more heterosexual men than homosexuals out there this could lead to jealousy when a gay falls in love with a man who unfortunately already has a girlfriend or a wife. This gay man may be jealous then and perhaps commit a crime that will harm this lady in any way. However crimes influenced by jealousy have always been there and will always be. Plus the same thing could happen when a heterosexual lady falls in love with a man who already has a girlfriend/ wife and vice versa.

08:34 AM Mar 05 2012

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

Bahari:"Homosexualty could destroy family structures."

So? Also alcohol already destroyed whole families. Actually it even destroyed whole cultures and tribal structures, considering what happened when native Americans had their first few experiences with alcohol European settlers brought to this continent. 

Still there is no sign that the Ugandan government will forbid alcohol one day. So, why focusing on forbidding homosexualty? Wouldn't a law against alcohol be more important than that? Doesn't a Least Developed Country like Uganda have problems that are far bigger than some homosexuals? 

11:18 AM Mar 03 2012

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

Πάντα μὲν καθαρὰ τοῖς καθαροῖς• ( For the pure ones everything seems pure! )

P.S. This also includes this kind of love.

03:00 AM Mar 03 2012

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

 

 

 

 

 

01:13 AM Mar 03 2012

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

I just don't see how executing a homosexual could help a whole country: Our culture would be less rich without them.

For example:

Sir Elton John is a great composer and singer and many people know about him being gay. The same goes for Labi Siffre, a singer who also is known for homosexual activities.

There are many famous authors who are homosexual acording to what I've heard. Examples are Justin Torres ( the author of "We The Animals" ) and the author of "Enter, Night", Michael Rowes.

ANT is a hilarious - homosexual - comedian.

Robert Andrews, known for his role in the musical play King's Rhapsody, is a great actor and gay. Both things go for another actor, named Robert Arthur ( who acted in "The Ring" ) as well.

06:42 AM Feb 29 2012

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

Even though there is no sign yet that the international pressure will succeed again, I stay confident. Yes, I keep a stiff upper lip, because I'm sure that after seeing how many people don't want this law they will abandon it for the second time.

11:03 AM Feb 21 2012

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

The Catholic Catechism unambiguously classifies homosexuality as “intrinsically disordered,” but adds that homosexual persons “must be accepted with respect, compassion and sensitivity,” and that “every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided.” ( http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/anti-gay-bill-uganda-challenges-catholics-take-stand )

“The bill sounds dangerous and completely inhumane. As a practical matter, such a bill is unenforceable and would only drive homosexuality underground, terrorize gay men and women and their loved ones, and justify witch hunts.” ( Dr. Edward Green, of Harvard’s AIDS Prevention Research Project )