activists swore they had nothing to do with the kill the gays bill. the bill in uganda died after a wave of international outrage and condemnation. that 2009 bill was put on the shelf. it did not go away entirely. at the end of last year in december the parliament in uganda quietly took up the bill again. a revised version of the bill that doesn t include the sentence of death for being gay this time but does include lots of the other prison sentences that attracted so much international outrage years earlier. the ugandan parliament passed this bill in december and then earlier today, earlier this afternoon, you uganda s president signed the bill into law, calls for lifetime imprisonment for the crime of for being in a same-sex marriage, zempb years in prison for attempting to commit homosexuality. this bill at various times over the last few years has appeared to be dead but today it officially became the law of the land in uganda.
they would review it, we also saw president obama put out a statement in advance of the bill saying he hoped that president his latest article is called
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 crediting the same americans for helping with and inspiring the legislation. one priest we spoke with said members of the ugandan parliament present at the march conference left the meetings saying they needed to draft a new law to deal with the homosexuality issue. we learned it was not just the three american activists who had a front-row seat to what was happening in uganda. remember c street? a swanky town house in washington, d.c., run by a secretive religious group called the fellowship or the family. lots of conservative members of congress from both parties are believed to be members of the family. but they re pretty secretive. the family mostly operates off the radar. the one thing they do that everybody knows about is they run the national prayer breakfast every year in washington. other th
military that hagel is talking about at the current level is a good start, but it s only a start. that we can go a lot further and still be very safe. former democratic congressman of massachusetts, barney frank. thank you for your time tonight. it s great to see you. if you re a longtime watcher of our show, thank you. also, you may remember a story we covered a lot which we called the kill the maze bill. the surprising thing is it was american activists behind that bill from the start. that story has just become a very big deal including the president weighing in on it. it s still a story that is very much about the american political right. stay with us. no, just had to sty the house to grab a few things. you stopped by the house? uh-huh. yea. alright, whenever you get your stuff, run upstairs, get cleaned up for dinner. you leave the house in good shape? yea. yea, of course. [ sportscaster talking on tv ] last-second field go yea, sure ya did. [ male announcer ] introducing