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Stop the Anti-Gay Agenda in Uganda!
Urge Uganda to shift its focus from anti-homosexuality to more pressing issues like hunger.
Goal: 15,000
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Progress: 1,396
Sponsored by: The Hunger Site
"It hurts my family when my child goes to school and is converted into gay...when the purpose of procreation is undermined," said David Bahati, a prominent Ugandan politician. In fact, Bahati has made no secret of the fact he would like to "kill every last gay person."
Unfortunately, the sentiment presented by David Bahati is highly representative of the overall attitude in Uganda — so much so that an "Anti-Homosexuality Bill" has reemerged in Uganda and is again circulating in parliament. Its main stipulation: being gay is punishable by death.
The fact is, most of the world seems to be coming closer to widespread acknowledgement of homosexuality; or at least closer to the recognition that all people deserve equal rights. And with so much suffering in the world, this is Uganda's chance to help bring relief to its citizens.
Write to the Ugandan parliament urging it to shift its focus onto issues that matter.
President Yoweri Museveni:
I am writing about a sensitive subject in hopes of preserving the basic human rights of millions of people on this planet.
I understand that there is a formidable anti-gay sentiment in Uganda at the moment, largely instigated by a prominent member of parliament named David Bahati. Bahati has gone so far as to claim that all homosexuals should be killed. An anti-homosexuality bill is also making its way through parliament again. Even some ultra-conservative Americans have traveled to the country to help inspire the legislation.
While I respect your right to opinion, I must respectfully assert that everyone, regardless of race, religion, or sexuality, deserves to be treated with dignity. Whether you agree with homosexuality or not does not preclude you from simply letting these people live their lives in peace.
I urge you to remove the anti-gay bill from circulation and to begin shifting Uganda's focus on issues that matter more, such as hunger, drought, and sexual trafficking.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Petition Signatures
May 22, 2013
Liam Farrell
May 20, 2013
Paul Ferrari
May 20, 2013
Phil Butler
May 19, 2013
Carolyne Ashton
May 19, 2013
Laura Saxon
Stop persecuting gays.
May 18, 2013
(Name not displayed)
May 18, 2013
suzanne chapis
May 18, 2013
Veta Jacqulin
May 17, 2013
(Name not displayed)
May 17, 2013
Carol Hupp
May 15, 2013
Gysele vanSanten
May 15, 2013
Julie English
It's all about being in love and spending the rest of your life with the one you love. Gay people should have the same rights as straight people, period!
May 15, 2013
Emily Nguyen
May 15, 2013
Hannah Cullingford
May 14, 2013
Gian Luca Ribichini
May 14, 2013
Megan Campesi
As a human being, discrimination against gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transsexuals is utterly wrong and disgraceful. There is no excuse for this discrimination. There is an anti-gay sentiment in Uganda at the present and this must be reversed now.
May 14, 2013
charles wright
May 14, 2013
Ellen Mccabe
May 13, 2013
Dale Overall
Kindly stop the persecution of gay people. With so many pressing national problems to take care of people should not be facing discrimination. There were gay people long before anyone from the West visited Uganda.
May 13, 2013
Ewa Piasecka
May 13, 2013
Rose Becke
May 13, 2013
Cal Mendelsohn
May 13, 2013
Natalie Van Leekwijck
May 13, 2013
Cheriann Phelps
May 13, 2013
Sara Williams
May 13, 2013
pauline burkhart
May 13, 2013
Maria Pittman
May 13, 2013
Elizabeth S
May 13, 2013
Unnikrishnan Sasidharan
May 13, 2013
Danuta Watola
May 13, 2013
Emma Spurgin Hussey
May 13, 2013
Alan Lambert
May 13, 2013
Joan McAllister
May 12, 2013
Constance Franklin
May 12, 2013
Jean Naples
May 12, 2013
Rocio Salazar
May 12, 2013
Ometh Layton
May 12, 2013
Nelly Lopez
May 12, 2013
Tatiana Torres
May 12, 2013
Mariangela Monterisi
May 12, 2013
Danielle Tran
May 12, 2013
Ella r
May 12, 2013
Claudia Ezinicki
May 12, 2013
Barbara Tomlinson
There have always been Gay People in Uganda, in your History. In all of Africa, too. It is NOT TRUE that Gay People are only those "corrupted" by the West. Rather, it was Westerners that brought in the first anti-Gay laws, under Colonialism.
May 12, 2013
Victoria Pitchford
May 12, 2013
Rose Knighton
May 12, 2013
Donovan Snyder
May 12, 2013
Lucy Oliveira
May 12, 2013
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May 12, 2013
Yiota Thomas
