October 9, 2007
To paraphrase Francis Maude, it’s like vowing to fight rain.
Buturo vows to fight homosexuality
[Uganda’s] Minister for Ethics and Integrity, James Nsaba Buturo, has vowed to block the demand for recognition of gay’s rights, reports Conan Businge.
“The Government shall do whatever it takes to block the spread of homosexuality.”
People who are agitating for those rights are selfish individuals with callous intention, Buturo said, adding that: “They are trying to impose a strange, ungodly, unhealthy, unnatural, and immoral way of life on the rest of our society.”
“I will endeavour to block it. I can assure you on that. Let them go to another country, and not here,” the furious Buturo said.
So Uganda’s Minister of Hate has vowed to “fight homosexuality.” Gee, that’s funny — just a few months ago, Buturo said the Ugandan “government is not fighting gays but it is against the practice of homosexuality because it is immoral.” Talk about splitting hairs.
Oh, you want to know about the title of this post? …
“It always seemed to me a bit pointless to disapprove of homosexuality. It’s like disapproving of rain.” — Francis Maude
Filed under: Africa, Hate Speech, Homophobia, Radical Religious Right
