Two years ago, I did a pretty huge project for world history about Ugandan genocide and child soldiers. I researched the conflicts, the victims, and the foundations working to stop it. The genocide taking over Uganda is a violent conflict between the Lords Resistance Army (LRA), a guerilla group spearheaded by a man named Joseph Kony, and the Ugandan government under President Yoweri Museveni. The LRA has been known for their inhumane warfare tactics, including the use of trained child soldiers.
It seems today, however, that there is a new kind of genocide arising in Uganda. Very recently, President Museveni has issued pending bills that actually criminalize being gay. Ugandan gays and lesbians accused of partaking in gay sex can be sentenced to such extremes as a life sentence or even the death penalty. Those who test positive for HIV can also be executed. As one Ugandan women named Elizabeth Mataka pointed out, "Who will go to HIV testing if he knows he will suffer the death sentence?" For the HIV positive, choices end only with death.
We think that California's Proposition 8 is so unjust, think about this. In a world that most of us like to deem progressive, how can civil rights be so greatly limited, especially in a nation in war against "inhumane" guerillas in the first place? Do the perilous times in this genocide-stricken country call for these drastic measures?
Join the Facebook Group: People Against the Pending Gay & Lesbian Genocide in Uganda
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