Uganda government won’t support anti-homosexuality bill

Uganda’s parliament is set to debate a bill that would impose harsh penalties on homosexuals, but President Yoweri Museveni’s government does not support the measure, making it unclear whether the legislation will be enacted, according to this report. The measure’s proponents say they have removed language calling for the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality,” and replaced it with a provision for lifetime imprisonment. But blogger Jim Burroway says a closer reading of the new bill shows it still allows the death penalty.