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UAF-Africa stands in solidarity with all Africans who stand up, raise their voices, and defend the full equality and human rights of all, including LGBTQI people. We call upon the Ugandan parliament to dismiss the Bill when it comes to the floor of the house for debate. The Ugandan government should be cognizant of its responsibility to promote, protect, and respect the human rights of all citizens including putting measures in place that assure everyone of this protection instead of taking away this fundamental human right.
A renowned spiritual leader and outspoken proponent for fairness and justice, former Anglican Bishop Christopher Ssenyonjo of West Buganda seems to think it is excluded. He said he is very disappointed with the return of the bill. The Bishop noted that a significant change is the" removal of the provision for the death penalty," and asserts that the new bill "still increases to life imprisonment the punishment for homosexual activity, which is already thought of as illegal in Uganda, under the "crimes against nature enactment."
US Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns has concluded his week-long visit to Africa in Ethiopia, venue of the 18th African Union Summit, the US State Department said in a statement obtained by PANA here Tuesday.
The US Deputy Secretary of State, William Burns also held talks with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni this week on issues such as regional security, human rights and governance.
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Federally funded Jacksonville abstinence program has ties to ‘Kill the Gays’ Ugandan pastor
By Andy Kopsa | 02.23.11 | 8:15 am
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Project SOS, a Jacksonvile-based abstinence education program, has received more than $6.5 million in federal funding through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services since 2002 — including $454,000 in September 2010. This despite the fact that the group has been cited for teaching false information about HIV and is a supporter of Ugandan pastor Martin Ssempa, one of the most outspoken advocates of legislation in that country that prescribes the death penalty for homosexuals.
Project SOS’ federal funding came through the Administration of Children and Families, an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, via grants for Community Based Abstinence Education and a Healthy Marriage Demonstration grant. The abstinence education funding is made available through Title V (.pdf) of the Social Security Act. A provision of Title V requires that states provide a $3 match for every $4 in federal money.
Project SOS was founded in 1993 by former St. Johns County School Board member Pam Mullarkey and provides abstinence-only programs to public schools in several Florida counties.
At least two national watchdog groups, however, call into question the program’s accuracy and efficacy.
The “Go APE (Abstinence Protects Everyone)” curriculum devised and taught by Project SOS was mentioned in a Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States report on teaching misinformation about HIV and AIDS. In another report, by the American School Health Association, Project SOS’ in-school curriculum was evaluated on graphics, citation of current research and theory and was deemed “unacceptable” (.pdf) in overall content.
The group appears to have a broad reach in Florida schools.
According to an interview the group’s founder and president gave to the American Family Association in 2003, her program was projected to reach “50,000 kids.” A post on Project SOS’ o
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In the cable, dated 24 December 2009, the diplomat claimed Ugandan politicians, including the author of the anti-homosexuality bill, David Bahati, had channelled anger at the country's socio-political failings into "violent hatred" of gay people.
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