<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Turning The Clock&nbsp;Back]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[
<p>Jim Burroway <a href="http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/10/23/15873">describes</a> what Uganda&#39;s anti-gay bill, introduced before Parliament last week, would accomplish:</p>
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<li>Reaffirm the lifetime sentence currently provided upon conviction of homosexuality, and extends the definition from sexual activity to merely “touch[ing] <span lang="EN-GB"> another person with the intention of committing the act of homosexuality.”</span></li>
<li>Create a new category of “aggravated homosexuality” which provides for the death penalty for “repeat offenders” and for cases where the individual is HIV-positive.</li>
<li>Criminalizes all speech and peaceful assembly for those who advocate on behalf of LGBT citizens in Uganda with fines and imprisonment of between five and seven years.</li>
<li>Criminalizes the act of obtaining a same-sex marriage abroad with lifetime imprisonment.</li>
<li>Adds a clause which forces friends or family members to report LGBT persons to police within 24-hours of learning about that individual’s homosexuality or face fines or imprisonment of up to three years.</li>
<li>Adds an extra-territorial and extradition provisions, allowing Uganda to prosecute LGBT Ugandans living abroad</li>
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