48 hours to stop Uganda's anti-gay bill - Page 33

On May 18 2011 03:23 lagmaster wrote:
I don't feel as good anymore

On May 12 2011 02:22 fortheGG wrote:




You make these assertions failing to understand a simple thing, religion changes over time. You wont find people being burned on the stake for their beliefs, not because the bible has drastically changed but because people understood that one cannot interpret christian beliefs in such a manner.

You can quote Levictus or the insane evangilists that are believed to be responsible for this mess but you'll find that a majority of christians have nothing against homosexuals.The christians in Uganda are doing something that is unacceptable by christian standards (you asked for a statement from the Vatican = http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/vatican-speaks-out-against-uganda-anti-gay-laws ). So blaming the existence of christianinity is like blaming guns for the existence crime.

Please stop arguing about this,as it is more important to concentrate on solving of this mess than on directing the blame on parties that have stated this is not what they believe in.

On May 18 2011 10:08 Cyber_Cheese wrote:
I am disappointed it didn't pass, Uganda should have been the start of something more worldwide

On May 18 2011 10:08 Cyber_Cheese wrote:
I am disappointed it didn't pass, Uganda should have been the start of something more worldwide

On January 01 2013 10:15 Praetorial wrote:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2012/dec/30/disgrace-papal-blessing-ugandan-homophobia

The Pope has blessed Uganda's newly passed "death to the gays" bill.

This is a disgrace to humanity.

On January 01 2013 10:20 Calliopee wrote:


Did you actually bother reading the article AND the sources? Or you just trying to start another shitstorm based on terrible sensationalist journalism and little to no facts?

On January 01 2013 10:20 Calliopee wrote:


Did you actually bother reading the article AND the sources? Or you just trying to start another shitstorm based on terrible sensationalist journalism and little to no facts?

On May 18 2011 12:49 Olinim wrote:

You are a mentally deranged person, seek help.

On May 19 2011 01:14 platorepublic wrote:
Just wanna say moral relativity has its good points, but is usually only used as a tool to illustrate a point rather a useful philosophical argument:

http://www.seop.leeds.ac.uk/entries/moral-relativism/

On December 21 2013 03:18 BallinWitStalin wrote:
Welp, they just passed a weakened version of the bill that punishes homosexuality with life imprisonment.

"KAMPALA, Uganda -- Ugandan lawmakers on Friday passed an anti-gay law that punishes "aggravated homosexuality" with life imprisonment."

Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/uganda-passes-law-that-punishes-aggravated-homosexuality-with-life-imprisonment-1.1601969#ixzz2o2YsBXml


What a shithole country.

Should first world countries stop giving aid to Uganda as a result of this?

I'm not sure, myself. People in Uganda deserve aid, but when lawmakers do this with the general support of the population.....

At least gay people in Uganda will be able to get genuine refugee status in first world nations now with relative ease.

On December 21 2013 03:28 Lonyo wrote:

Stopping aid wouldn't help. It would only punish the gays (they would probably get blamed for it, for one thing) as well as not helping in the long run.

One thing that would help is educating people so that they don't have the same prejudice against gays, and then you can help with equality.
Aid includes things like helping with education, either through schools being built/teachers going there, or through other aid which means children aren't required to work from a young age. That means they can be educated and more understanding.

You can't punish the population when arguably one of the big issues is lack of understanding and education. You have to help them understand why we should give people rights.

On December 21 2013 04:06 radscorpion9 wrote:


According to the OP, wasn't stopping aid from the West one of the main reasons why the President was so reluctant to pass the initial bill?

I'm not entirely sure what 'aggravated homosexuality' means, but if its jailing people for being homosexual, then life imprisonment really isn't much of an improvement over capital punishment, except there's a chance that the law might be reversed. What a sad day. Another example of why how easily religion can twist people's thoughts in evil ways (don't want to start a religious debate, but it seems relevant to point out where most of this hatred stems from).