June 28, 2007

Uganda’s Buturo Surprised His Hatred Is Returned

Homos want to kill me

A government minister has said that gay people from around the world send him hate mail everyday because of his stand against homosexuality.

“I receive at least 20 abusive and threatening mails on my life daily,” Ethics and Integrity Minister James Nsaba Buturo told reporters yesterday. “As I speak now, I have seen about 11 mails on my email address waiting for me to read.”

He said most of the e-mails are from the United States and the United Kingdom. The message to him is that he must drop his campaign against gays and lesbians.

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Dr Buturo said gays have designed websites promoting their rights complete with his name and photograph appearing as one of the persecutors of gay people in the world.

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Speaking from his ministry’s offices in Kampala, Dr Buturo said the government is not fighting gays but it is against the practice of homosexuality because it is immoral.

Homosexuality in Uganda is illegal and punishable with a maximum sentence of life in prison.

Well, we don’t wish anybody dead. Honest. But as far as Buturo whining that “gays have designed websites promoting their rights complete with his name and photograph appearing as one of the persecutors of gay people in the world”: What are you complaining about, dude — that it’s the truth?