Xtra reports from Uganda: 'I would kill a gay son,' says MP

[ccharles000]

At a human rights forum held Friday morning in Kampala, a Ugandan Member of Parliament said he would kill his son if he discovered he was gay.

The MP, Otto Odonga, was immediately denounced by the forum's keynote speaker, Makau Mutua.

"I am baffled by the kind of hatred you spew against gay people," Mutua said, "including your desire to be a hangman. Would you apply to be a hangman if the person to be hanged were your son?"

When Odonga nodded yes, Mutua said, "There is something deeply wrong with you."

The forum, titled Human Rights and Sexual Orientation, made it clear that many Ugandans do not yet believe that homos are entitled to human rights. The country's MPs are getting set to debate a law that would impose the death penalty on people who engage in gay sex more than once.

"Human rights are not sacrosanct," Odonga said. "Private parts do not belong in the anus. We will not accept this kind of deviant behaviour in our society."

Another MP, Christopher Kibanzanga, angrily spoke out against the "vice" of homosexuality. He asked, "Who are bisexuals? What do they do? Has it just been imported into Africa?"

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[BrklynLiberal]

1. Which one of the RWingnut religious leaders was over there helping them to create

this homophobic atmosphere?

[JI7]

2. nice pic

[ccharles000]

4. thanks

[mitchtv]

3. phobes are about

K&R to offset unreccs

[Terra Alta]

5. I am sure there are some American politicans

(Rick Santorum, anyone?) who feel the same way, but are afraid to speak out because of the negative backlash they'd deservedly get.

I think these people are just ignorant, and have been fed misinformation by "Christians" trying to brainwash them. They need to be educated.

[CurtEastPoint]

6. PERFECT response to him: "There is something deeply wrong with you."

You just can not say it better than that.... WTG, Mr. Makau Mutua.

[Hugabear]

7. Haven't you heard? Homophobic hate speech is harmless

It's okay to use religion to whip people into a hatred against homosexuals!

:sarcasm:

[ccharles000]

8. kick