When ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ looks like baked apple pie.
Posted by justinquincy , Nov, 2009 @ 12:15 pm
President Obama has a full plate as we approach Thanksgiving in America. Part of the plate, a much too small part, is GLBT rights. Most people recognize by now that allowing gays to openly serve in the military we are doing a great service for the nation, let alone giving deserved rights to a discriminated minority. But, Obama could add a smidgen of sweet potatoes to his plate with a little sweet talk in Africa on gay rights. Parliament is soon likely to pass a law in Uganda, with an overwhelming support of the nation, that includes provisions like the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality” and even prosecution for Ugandans who engage in homosexual acts abroad.
The law goes so far as to make even talking about homosexuality in public, a criminal offense. As The Economist reports this week, “spying and sneaking on homosexuals will be encouraged.” In fact, failure to report instances of anal sex could become a criminal act as well. Sadly, Uganda isn’t so special in the African context. Many African nations retain colonial-era laws making homosexuality punishable by death. But, Uganda’s laws are new legislation, intended to codify and add new provisions to emphasize the country’s detestation of the “deviant” lifestyle.
Enter President Obama. Obama is worshipped in Africa, and especially in Eastern Africa, where is father was a native Kenyan and his grandmother still lives. Uganda is next door neighbors with Kenya and also jubilantly celebrated Obama’s ascendancy to the presidential office in America. Obama should more clearly make it an issue. Estimates, although it’s difficult to verify, show that there are nearly 500,000 gays in Uganda’s 33 million population. Hope and change would feel a bit more sweet for them than the lack of hope and change on our home front. ‘
Don’t Ask, Don’ Tell’ suddenly looks like apple pie.
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