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Kill the Gays, Shmill the Gays! Ugandan President Denies Homophobia Exists

Posted by on Apr 19, 2012 in Oh Hell No! | 2 comments

Though you can't see it in this shot, President Yoweri Museveni's pants are surely on fire.

Uganda President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday denied anti-gay discrimination exists in his country and asserted that all a proposed anti-gay bill would do is ban public kissing.

The bill, first introduced in 2009 by MP David Bahati, once called for putting repeat offenders to death under certain circumstances. The current bill would criminalize discussions of homosexuality and penalize a person who knowingly rents to a gay or lesbian person.

“Before we came in touch with the Europeans, we had some few homosexuals,” Museveni said. “I want to inform the world that those homosexuals were not killed, as some people are claiming, they were not persecuted and they were not discriminated against.”

Yes, yes of course. The Kill the Gays Bill was named such because it seeks to ban public kissing. I mean, duhhh guys. Get off President Museveni’s back.

Do you think anyone is really buying this?

(via Ontopmag)