One must have been living under a rock to not hear about the
latest moves made by the government of Uganda against the LGBT people living in
their country. Recently the Ugandan Parliament passed a bill making
homosexuality a crime punishable by life imprisonment, this bill was later
signed into law by President Yoweri Museven. This new basically puts not only every
Ugandan LGBT individual but also those who advocate on their behalf at risk because
now the state is authorized to adopt the most draconian methods to deal with
such persons. This is a rather unique situation indeed even in many countries
where gay rights are not recognized this method may seem a bit over the top, in
an earlier post I had once stated that due to Putin’s anti-gay stance, Russia might one day rival Jamaica as
the most homophobic country in the world that goes to shows that even the best of
us must eat our words at times because clearly Uganda has surpassed Jamaica and
Russia to become the new most homophobic nation on earth.
Ever since the passage of this bill by Uganda there have
been many different views weighing on from different sides of the political
spectrum, Ranging from the far right who totally support the measures of the
Ugandan government, to the more moderate conservatives, who agree with the idea
of a nation standing up for its traditional beliefs and not being influenced by
the LGBT agenda pushed by certain liberal western countries but at the same
time they also feel that the methods taken to enforce this new law are a bit
extreme while at the far end of the spectrum of the leftist who of course are
totally flabbergasted by what they describe as a ghastly violation of human
rights.
In all fairness, I think I stand closer to the moderate right on this issue. It is no secret that the Jamaican Tory
has never been a fan of the so called “gay rights” movement and anything that
will halt the spread of their worldwide influence will certainly have my
support. But that still leaves one important question that I’m sure a lot of
moderates must be asking themselves right now, “does the ends really justify
the means?”, sure the President’s intentions may not be all that bad his
methods can only be described as draconian,
how far will this go?, what will be the end result of this? No one knows for
sure. To illustrate my meaning earlier this week it came out that a Uganda
magazine printed a list of the top 200 gay persons living in the Republic, even
some persons who have not previously identified themselves among that group are
now on that list, I cannot help but
wonder why this was done. Almost everything else I can understand but this was
just plain bizarre as now 200 people will be living with a target on their back
every single day that they remain in the country, that was most certainly not a
smart move on their part, as mass killings could end of being the result, and I’m
not so sure that was the intention of the Ugandan government.
Then of course there is the whole matter of the reaction of
the international community, not surprisingly the US and several European countries
as well as the liberal media houses and human rights groups that dominate them
wasted no time in vilifying the Ugandan government, especially Mr. Museven,
several countries have already cut or threatened to cut aid to Uganda. It is no
secret that US President Obama is on a mission to spread gay rights all over
the world, only a few months ago he found himself in the middle of a row with
several African leaders over the very same issue while on a tour of the
continent. So naturally this latest development has placed a serious dent in
his plan, no wonder he is fuming. But as
I said before regarding Russia and I will repeat the same with regards to
Uganda, a sovereign state has every right to enact laws that it thinks are in
the best interest of its people and no foreign influence be it governmental or
private lobby group has any real authority to dictate to the duly elected
government of an independent country what it’s policy should or should not be,
that right belongs solely to the citizens of said country.
Before closing I must say that I find President
Museven to be a rather brave man, few would ever dare give assent to such a
bill regardless of their personal views for the sheer fact that there are many
factors at stake, Uganda is hardly one of the most advanced countries in the
world and for its leaders to forego monetary aid in order to stand up for what
they truly believe in takes a whole lot of guts. In a world where it seems as though the LGBT
agenda is taking over everywhere it’s refreshing to see that there are those who
still refused to be bullied into acceptance but rather choose to follow its own
path. For too long now when certain persons (especially celebrities) find it
convenient to come out the closet, they are being hailed as being brave and
having guts, in truth however since so
many of them are doing it nowadays I would hardly call it brave or unique but
rather little more than a publicity stunt to gain more attention. It’s when a
person (or in this case a country) chooses to stand up and defy the crowds,
defy expectations and freely follow his God-given conscience regardless of the
differing opinion that is what truly makes one bold and distinctive, this
boldness is exactly what the Government of Uganda displayed with this latest
law.
