We are now more then a decade into the 21st century yet in some parts of the world we are still back in the Middle Ages.
At the moment in Uganda there is a bill that is trying to get through parliament for the death penalty for being gay. How can we let such a thing happen? Whatever your beliefs are on homosexuality, the fact is that this is an abomination of basic human rights.
Hound your Foreign Minister. Email or Facebook your friends. It’s not that people don’t care, but most people don’t even know that this is happening! Let them know what you think of this. The more we get involved, the better chance we have of pressuring the Ugandan government to downturn this bill.
We have done this once before and we have managed to get them to hold off till Friday before it goes back before parliament.
This is the link to the petition page. It will only take 10 seconds of your time but will make a huge difference in bringing some parts of the world up to speed.
http://www.avaaz.org/en/uganda_stop_homophobia_petition/?copy
If countries want to participate in the global community than they need to know that there are standards around human rights that need to be upheld.
Robi
