The Family is directly involved in fucked up legislation in Uganda

[mothwentbad]

Well, the new legislation adds to this something called aggravated homosexuality. And this can include, for instance, if a gay man has sex with another man who is disabled, that's aggravated homosexuality, and that man can be - I suppose both, actually, could be put to death for this. The use of any drugs or any intoxicants in seeking gay sex - in

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[jenlight]

Now I'm curious about Ugandan date rape laws.

[mothwentbad]

I'm going to guess that they're somewhere between victim-punishing and nonexistent. But I wouldn't mind being wrong.

[mothwentbad]

Do you want to look it up for me?

[jenlight]

Oh I suppose I could try.

[jenlight]

From here: http://kampala.usembassy.gov/crime_victims.html

"According to Ugandan law, rape is committed when a person has unlawful carnal knowledge of a woman or girl, without her consent, or with her consent if the consent is obtained by force or by means of threats or intimidation of any kind or by fear of bodily harm. Rape is a felony and is punishable a term of imprisonment or by death in Uganda. Spousal rape is not a crime according to Ugandan law. Likewise, there are no instances of charges for acquaintance rape (date rape), and the law does not specifically address this situation."

It's illegal to have homosexual date rape but heterosexual date rape is super!

GENDER ROLES BLARG

[jenlight]

Actually, isn't drugging the same as force?

[mothwentbad]

Homosexual sex with someone you drank with or with someone in a wheelchair might become illegal, without any regard for whether there was consent or not.

[rogerdr]

My guess is that they took a look at hate-crime laws and saw this as a way to justify their death penalties as protection as well as setting up future propaganda re: "See? These evil homos use coercion, drugs, and force to abuse helpless victims!" Regardless of the common sense that such coercion should be illegal anyway (though not necessarily to a degree earning the capital offense label). They can advertise people who drug victims (John Wayne Gacy, etc.) or abuse the disabled as the norm of teh ghey and still hide any number of convictions for well-adjusted gay lovers.

[mothwentbad]

Yeah, pretty much.

[mothwentbad]

Er, it says that both of them could be put to death, which doesn't make sense if you interpret it as homosex with a guy in a wheelchair = rape. But maybe the person interviewed got it wrong.

[rogerdr]

Well, there go my plans to vacation in Uganda and be raped by a gay man. And I had so been looking forward to it...