By Rex Wockner
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
The European Parliament on Dec. 16 again denounced the pending "Anti-Homosexuality Bill" poised to pass Uganda's Parliament.
The legislation would imprison for life anyone convicted of "the offense of homosexuality," punish "aggravated homosexuality" (repeat offenses or having gay sex while being HIV-positive) with the death penalty, forbid "promotion of homosexuality" and incarcerate gay-rights defenders, and jail individuals in positions of authority for up to three years if they fail to report within 24 hours the existence of all LGBT people or sympathizers known to them.
"The European Parliament is united against this draconian piece of legislation: left, right, center, everyone agrees that LGBT people must not be criminalized," said Rauel Romeva i Rueda, co-president of the European Parliament's Intergroup on LGBT Rights.
