Really, Max? Really? The evil doings in Uganda are the fault of Christians in the United States? I suppose we are to blame for the Sharia Laws in Saudi Arabia and Iran, too? Oh yes, I can see Christian missionaries all over Saudi, the Ivory Coast, and Iran, preaching the wrongs of homosexuality. If there are Christians preaching this kind of mayhem, they are not representing the majority of Christians in the US. We do not condone this kind of barbaric atrocity! You don't see this happening in the US, do you? Do you think the Ugandans are a bunch of ignorant fools?
They had to have a propensity toward this kind of behavior without any type of outside influence (except, of course, influences from Sharia).
Who are these so-called "powerful members"? I need names.

I consider that homosexuality is not cause for murder. Not whoever must encroach upon life of man. Especially other man! However in such countries as Uganda lives on old almost barbarian traditions! Thank you to the author for that he tells about such countries! I use it in college papers. Thanks for sharing.

Quite honestly, I would think it would be best for these countries to have anti-homosexuality laws--laws that merely involve prison time. I say that because, as demonstrated by the rampant vigilantism against homosexuals within said nations, the communities clearly view sodomy as a criminal act and not as a human right. In such a situation, the law must step in. They cannot allow vigilante punishments to occur.

All people are different and every person is unique! Every person can live as he wants. Every person can express his own personality, feelings, thoughts, or ideas. Nobody has right to charge other people. But of course everything depends on our religion, culture and traditions of the country we live. The same situation we have in Uganda where gays and lesbians face discrimination and even torture by their own government. Thanks for the post. It helps me greatly in writing custom research papers.

yea, However in such countries as Uganda lives on old almost barbarian traditions! Thank you to the author for that he tells about such countries!
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Your report on Lithuania states:
"Activists have capitalized on the country's bid to join the European Union, noting that the country's anti-gay legislation violates EU membership agreements in terms of human rights."

This statement creates the impression that Lithuania is not yet an EU memeber. Lithuania has been a member of the European Union since 2004.

Human rights organizations, gay activists, the US State Department Human Rights report, and and the UK COI reports all stress the extreme danger homosexuals face in Iraq. This situation has gotten appreciably worse since the US invasion; ironically, gays in Iraq were appreciably safer under Sadaam Hussein. The situation of gays in Iraq, where gays are frequently killed by their families and homophobic religious militias, and are openly denied police protection, is probably even worse than several countries on your list.

I can only refer the example of Uganda which has the Minister of Ethics (proof — http://bit.ly/gDn5yq) who fights the same-sex marriages, gay rights and so on.

Really? Have you ever actually read the Bible? Ever read the parts about killing homosexuals? They cannot allow vigilante punishments to occur. pdf Converter

Most of these countries are hopeless cesspools of poverty and degeneracy anyway. Why the west provides foreign aid to places such as these is beyond me.

As for the Bible, Sumisa is quite right that it is filled with vile nonsense reflective of the time in which it was written; however, the key difference is that Christians don't view the Bible as the word of god. It's open to interpretation, it changes with the times. Though some Christians do interpret it literally (a stupid minority) the Bible doesn't have the weight of the Koran in terms of governing every facet of daily life.

African traditional societies, even before the advent of Europeans have always treated Gay Sex (Sodomy) as a taboo and evil. Sodomy was attributed to witchcraft and evil spirits ever before Christianity. The American Evangelicals were only enforcing what has always been an African Taboo.

Only a few years ago (barely 3 years) African Bishops in the Anglican Communion were at the forefront of rejecting the ordination of Gay gentlemen to the priesthood order of the church in Europe and elsewhere. Americans need to understand that they are divided even in their polity on this subject, just as they are divided similarly on capital punishment. abortion and polygamy. Any attempt to impose sanctions against Uganda or meddle in this matter will only erode any respects that Ugandans may have had for American value sytems. America faces several ambivalent issues right now and it is little use adding diplomatic derision to its domestic political or economic burden, plus the two unfinsihed wars. A few years ago, Muslims states in Northern Nigeria adopted Sharia Law and stoning to death of thieves and adulterers. While sharia has served its use as deterent, the laws have hardly been enforced. There is nothing to say that the Anti-Gay laws in Uganda will be ever enforced even if passed, but it is always good for the people to know that the law exists. How do people expect Ugandans to fight HIV when there is no condom manufactured in the country. And even if condoms were readily available, they were not designed or intended to be used for Sodomy.