The office of the president in Uganda has announced they will be signing their anti-homosexuality bill into law today.
The president’s spokesman cited the Arizona legislature’s decision last week to pass a bill (SB 1062) permitting private non-religious businesses to discriminate against/refuse service to gay customers, suggesting that this showed them that the U.S. wasn’t serious about lecturing Uganda — a major regional military player and U.S. ally — on anti-gay legislation.
As I write this, the following tweets were posted just in the past couple hours ago by Ofwono Opondo, the official spokesman of the president’s administration.
President #Museveni to sign the Anti-homosexuality law today 11.00am State House Ebb, media invited #AntiGayBill
— Ofwono Opondo P'Odel (@OfwonoOpondo) February 24, 2014
US state of Arizona passes a law allowing businesses to deny services to gays on religious grounds
— Ofwono Opondo P'Odel (@OfwonoOpondo) February 24, 2014
What is Pres Obama saying to Arizona state law just passed to deny gays services on religious grounds
— Ofwono Opondo P'Odel (@OfwonoOpondo) February 24, 2014
Propaganda for blackmai against anti-gay law by European & US media won't derail Pres Museveni signing
— Ofwono Opondo P'Odel (@OfwonoOpondo) February 24, 2014
The Western media should now swallow their own weekend lie that Pres Museveni won't sign anti-homosexuality law
— Ofwono Opondo P'Odel (@OfwonoOpondo) February 24, 2014
Bonus: The U.S. evangelical groups involved in pushing the Uganda legislation are very likely connected to the groups pushing the legislation in Arizona.
