It was reported that the “death penalty” for being gay in Uganda had been removed from the current legislation facing their lawmakers, but upon further investigation, that may not be the case.

The Ugandan bill still seeks to extend existing laws making it illegal to “promote homosexuality” by talking or writing about it, and by scaring Ugandan citizens into telling the authorities about anyone they know who is gay, through the threat of imprisonment if they do not.

According to Bahati, an MP from the ruling party, the bill is directed at protecting “the cherished culture of the people of Uganda against the attempts of sexual rights activists seeking to impose their values of sex promiscuity on the people of Uganda.”

It also looks as though Uganda isn’t alone in their anti-gay crusade in Africa. Nigeria now has a similar bill expecte to be placed into law, and the Nigerian government currently allows the death penalty for homosexuality in northern states. Sudan has the same law. Burundi joined 37 other African nations earlier this year in criminalizing homosexuality. Egypt and Mali are also seeking to pass morality laws against same-sex couples.

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