U.S. Speaks Out Against Uganda’s Anti-Gay Law, Threatens Action

Uncle Sam is not liking Uganda’s new harsh anti-gay regulation — which criminalizes “aggravated homosexuality” — and we would simply do one thing about it as a nation to sentence it.

President Biden’s Sec. of State, Anthony Blinken, spoke out towards the African nation’s Anti-Homosexuality Act, which simply acquired signed into regulation, and he says the U.S. will now think about visa restrictions towards Ugandan officers and others for what he calls a human rights abuse.

Blinken says he is instructed the State Dept. to replace journey steerage as nicely for Americans who would possibly need to journey to Uganda for enterprise or pleasure — so, maybe proscribing journey.

As for POTUS … he is additionally slamming the regulation, and says he would possibly even impose sanctions towards Uganda over this — including he would overview the ramifications of the regulation “on all aspects of U.S. engagement with Uganda.”

As for what is definitely unlawful now … nicely, it is murky. Uganda says one can nonetheless establish as homosexual or as a part of the LGBT neighborhood — however that any promotion of homosexuality or any overt public acts of homosexuality, because it’s vaguely described, is punishable by jail.

If you are considering our legislators right here can be divided on this, you would be improper — a minimum of because it pertains to Sen. Ted Cruz, anyway … who publicly referred to as out Uganda for overstepping.

He wrote, “This Uganda law is horrific & wrong. Any law criminalizing homosexuality or imposing the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality” is grotesque & an abomination.  ALL civilized nations should join together in condemning this human rights abuse.”