presented themselves as scientific experts on the subject. they claimed people can be cured of being gay and then they came back home. that trip to uganda, again, took place in march 2009. seven months later this bill appeared in the ugandan parliament. anti-homosexuality bill of 2009, known as kill the gays bill. called first for a sentence of life in prison just for being gay. called for a sentence of death by hanging for the death of being gay and hiv positive. could be sentenced for three years in prison for knowing somebody was gay and not reporting them to government. the kill the gays bill landed with a thud on the world stage and almost as soon as it did, the american activists who had been in uganda earlier that year urging zero tolerance for homosexuality were claiming they were shocked by this legislation, had nothing to do with it and opposed at least the capital punishment part of what was called for in the bill. we did lots of reporting on this at the time and learned tha
seven months later this bill appeared in the ugandan parliament. anti-homosexuality bill of 2009, known as kill the gays bill. called first for a sentence of life in prison just for being gay. called for a sentence of death by hanging for the death of being gay and hiv positive. could be sentenced for three years in prison for knowing somebody was gay and not reporting them to government. the kill the gays bill landed with a thud on the world stage and almost as soon as it did, the american activists who had been in uganda earlier that year urging zero tolerance for homosexuality were claiming they were shocked by this legislation, had nothing to do with it and opposed at least the capital punishment part of what was called for in the bill. we did lots of reporting on this at the time and learned that even though these american activists were trying desperately to distance themselves from the kill the gays bill when it came out, prominent ugandans aware of how the bill came to be were
for somebody to be a ho homosexual is a combination of some genetic but mainly external factors, like influence and so on and so forth. we don t want anybody to interfere in our internal affairs. finished. that was the president of uganda earlier today signing into law an updated version of that country s kill the gays bill. this version does not call for homosexuality to be punishable by death but rather by lifetime imprisonment. so that s a nice improvement. after uganda s president signed that bill into law today, the u.s. government plans to review our nation s relationship with uganda including a review of foreign aid to that country. joining us now for the interview is jeff charlotte who s been reporting on the ugandan bill and american evangelicals role
yesterday, a russian court convicted mr. isakoff for holing up that sign holding up the sign because in russia now, it is illegal to express that sentiment. it is illegal to say out loud or write on a sign that being gay is an okay thing and that liking gay people is a normal and okay thing. saying that is now illegal propaganda and so, he was convicted of that yesterday. two other russians were convicted and sentenced for doing something similar two weeks ago. yesterday in uganda, central african nation that s been a pretty close ally of united states, we have particularly close military ties, yesterday, the parliament there after years of on and off debate and controversy and international attention, yesterday in uganda, they finally decided to pass their kill the gays bill. you may remember that we had the sponsor of that bill, the guy
because of what the sign said. because in russia now, it is illegal to express that sentiment. it is illegal to say out loud or write on a sign that being gay is an okay thing and that liking gay people is a normal and okay thing. saying that is now illegal propaganda and so, he was convicted of that yesterday. two other russians were convicted and sentenced for doing something similar two weeks ago. yesterday in uganda, central african nation that s been a pretty close ally of united states, we have particularly close military ties, yesterday, the parliament there after years of on and off debate and controversy and international attention, yesterday in uganda, they finally decided to pass their kill the gays bill. you may remember that we had the sponsor of that bill, the guy who wrote it, on this show for a