This special multimedia feature posted at NY Times features four individuals in Uganda, two transmen and two heterosexual men, and where they stand around the issue of the proposed “death to gays” amendment in the parliament. Since the recent retraction of support from key U.S. religious and political figures (also reported about in the NY Times article), it’s good to hear more voices of Ugandan citizens in the American news. At least it’s a start.
In one of the audio pieces, politician David Bahati was talks about the opportunity to provide leadership [by approving the measure] in an age of moral decadence, yet admits that polygamy is permitted in Uganda (referred to as part of the “natural order” of things by Bahati, in the audio piece). Many Americans and Europeans, especially women, would find polygamy immoral as well and would use interpretations of the same Christian scriptures to condemn it as many are using interpretations to condemn homosexuality.
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