Comments on: How to stop Uganda’s anti-gay bill http://themorningsidepost.com/2009/11/how-to-stop-ugandas-anti-gay-bill/ The Morningside Post Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:51:43 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Matthew http://themorningsidepost.com/2009/11/how-to-stop-ugandas-anti-gay-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-6264 Matthew Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:28:41 +0000 http://themorningsidepost.com/?p=5994#comment-6264 The problem with cutting HIV/AIDS support to Uganda is that you aren't sending the right kind of message. The bill also makes it a capital offense to have HIV/AIDS or promote prevention of the disease. By cutting the funding to these programs in Uganda, you are telling the Ugandan people that their bill is justified. "Why would you need aid for prevention of the disease if you're just going to kill anyone who comes to the clinic with it?" This bill goes beyond our political beliefs here in America. Whether you support or oppose gay marriage, you certainly can't wish to see them dead. Whether you understand or ignore the severity of HIV, you don't want to see those affected by it sentenced to death. We have to do something; this is a genocide. We will not stand by and allow this to occur in a 'democracy.' We may not agree, but we all deserve to live. The problem with cutting HIV/AIDS support to Uganda is that you aren’t sending the right kind of message. The bill also makes it a capital offense to have HIV/AIDS or promote prevention of the disease. By cutting the funding to these programs in Uganda, you are telling the Ugandan people that their bill is justified. “Why would you need aid for prevention of the disease if you’re just going to kill anyone who comes to the clinic with it?” This bill goes beyond our political beliefs here in America. Whether you support or oppose gay marriage, you certainly can’t wish to see them dead. Whether you understand or ignore the severity of HIV, you don’t want to see those affected by it sentenced to death.
We have to do something; this is a genocide. We will not stand by and allow this to occur in a ‘democracy.’ We may not agree, but we all deserve to live.

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