Trump administration denounces Uganda’s new ‘Kill the Gays’ bill


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The State Department has criticized Uganda’s new “Kill the Gays” bill, but stopped short of promising to cut foreign aide to the country.

Last week, Uganda’s Ethics and Integrity Minister Simon Lokodo said that the government plans to reintroduce legislation that would allow the death penalty as a punishment for homosexuality in some cases.

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Lokodo said that the government has been lobbying parliament and that they were confident that it would pass.

“The U.S. government firmly opposes criminalization of LGBTI individuals,” said a U.S. State Department official. “We stand with Uganda’s LGBTI community and Ugandans of all backgrounds and beliefs to defend the dignity of all citizens.”

The U.S. provides almost $1 billion a year in military and development assistance to the majority-Christian nation, including funds for HIV medications for nearly one million people in Uganda.

The State Department official was asked whether the U.S. is considering cutting funding, but they said…

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