Ugandan Scientist Who Chaired President Museveni’s Anti-Homosexuality...
UPDATE: I have updated the title of this post to reflect new information from the National Institutes of Health. According to NIH spokesperson, Renate Myles, the CDC funds the grant led by Jane Aceng,...
View ArticleUganda Watch: Evangelicals and Ugandans on the Defensive
Ugandan politicians and evangelical leaders have been on the defensive for different reasons since the Anti-Homosexuality Bill was signed into law by President Yoweri Museveni. Many evangelicals are...
View ArticleUgandans Challenge Anti-Homosexuality Act in Court
Nine individuals and a human right organization in Uganda have petitioned Uganda’s Constitutional Court regarding the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2014. The petitioners want the court to declare the Act to...
View ArticleState Department Briefing: Experts to Uganda?
Yesterday, the State Department covered several topics related to Uganda and the Anti-Homosexuality Act during the daily briefing. Here some excerpts: QUESTION: — about Uganda and your opinion of the...
View ArticleWho Will Replace Fred Phelps?
Hopefully, he won’t be replaced but there are those who come close. By now, most people know that the pastor of Westboro Baptist Church, Fred Phelps, died earlier this month (March 19). Phelps was the...
View ArticleSam Kutesa to Preside over UN General Assembly?
In other news… Kutesa has been appointed as General Assembly president to begin June 11. The question mark in my title is because it is incredible to think that anyone from Uganda could stand for such...
View ArticleUganda’s Government Fools No One with Statement Regarding Anti-Gay Law
Today, Uganda’s government issued a statement which seems designed to change the Anti-Homosexuality Law into something it isn’t. Here is the statement: Statement by Uganda Govt on Anti Homosexuality...
View ArticleUganda’s Constitutional Court Strikes Down Anti-Homosexuality Bill
So says Reuters… Amnesty International has more. Spokeswoman for Parliament Helen Kawesa said, “Parliament will wait to receive the judgment in its entirety and pronounce itself on the way forward.”...
View ArticleBriefs and Updates: Uganda, Scott Lively, Mars Hill Church, IOTC and Steven...
I am not surprised that Uganda’s Parliament will again debate an Anti-Homosexuality Bill. The world famous bill passed Parliament late last year and was signed by President Museveni earlier this year...
View ArticleUgandan Parliament Drafts New Anti-Gay Bill
After the five year ordeal that was the passage of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009, a Ugandan court struck down the measure leaving proponents of the bill plotting their next move. That next move is...
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