Standing up to bigotry in Uganda
At the National Prayer Breakfast today, Secretary of State Clinton and President Obama denounced the anti-gay legislation currently under consideration in Uganda, which would make homosexuality punishable by life imprisonment or even death. From the President’s remarks:
We may disagree about gay marriage, but surely we can agree that it is unconscionable to target gays and lesbians for who they are–whether it’s here in the United States or, as Hillary mentioned, more extremely in odious laws that are being proposed most recently in Uganda.
This condemnation follows months of extensive opposition to the bill by ideologically diverse leaders of the US faith community. These religious voices helped put the issue on the national stage — a vital contribution to the effort to leverage international pressure against this horrific legislation.