Enough!

When someone drops a stone into a pond, it creates ripples - for a long time.

Now, I'm sure we can say in Uganda the stone has been thrown.

How far will the ripples go?

This video shows how far they MIGHT go.

Kenya is on fire already. Has anyone read this?

My hair stands on end when I read this.

Some Ugandans argue that foreigners have no right to be very critical of that bill, since Uganda is a sovereign country and has the right to make it's own laws.

But what if these (proposed laws) violate every human right?

Of course, some Ugandans (and not- Ugandans for that matter) argue that gays HAVE no human rights.

But, didn't they say that in the Dark Ages about witches? And didn't they say that about Jews as well? (ring a bell, anyone?) And didn't they say that about black people?

(Read Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe.)

Haven't we SEEN yet how dangerous it is to label a minority as 'unwanted' and thus deprive them of their basic human rights?

History shows too many examples of when this was done, and the agony, the anguish, the suffering and the death it has spread.

You'd think we would have learned by now.

Well, apparently not.

But to all people with a sane mind, I would say: 'Please say "No" to every violation of every human right everywhere, at all times.'

If we do NOT stand up for human rights, who will?

And if not NOW, then when?

Enough is enough.

And isn't it enough already?

I say it is more than enough.

Human Rights

There, here they are - the human rights, as they are stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Uganda seems more determined then ever to pass this Anti-Homosexuality bill (wich I called 'Bahati Bill in my first blogpost) into law.

This bill basically violates each article in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights!

If this becomes law, then innocent people will be persecuted, simply for being gay.

And IF they are able to actually make this a law, it makes me wonder what minority will be targeted next, when they are done with gays.

Here is the link to that hideous bill - again.

And here is the link to the petition again.

Please sign. And please ask your friends and family to sign as well.

If WE do NOT stand up for human rights, who will?

And if we do not do that NOW, then, when?

Bahati - Bill

I hate to say it, but I'm gonna say it: Uganda is scratched from my list of travelplans.
It's not the country, really. I'm sure it is beautiful.
It's the Bahati - bill I read for breakfast.
I can say it doesn't sit well with me. I'm trying not to choke on it.
Every word of it I have read. Every chilling, venom-filled word.

See, Avaaz.org dropped me an email this morning. If I please wanted to sign a petition against afore mentioned bill.

Of course I started investigating. I'm big on human rights, and women's and gay rights in particular. (might be more understandable if I tell you I'm a bisexual woman.)
But anyway - if I am asked to sign something, I want to know the who, the what, the wherefore and the why.

Well, after reading all that, I won't be hungry untill dinner, for sure.

See, Mr Bahati here wants to play a new game: 'Out the Gay.'
To imprison them, or kill them.
Oddly enough I'm gay enough to slightly dislike that idea. Yep, I'm being tactful here.

(Be grateful for that)

This bill basically makes even the inténtion of having gay sex or a gay relationship, a crime. People that knów gays are supposed to turn them in within 24 hours and people that actually hélp gays in whatever ways, face a fine, imprisonment for minimal five and maximum seven years, or both.

Of course I signed.
This bill should nót become law.
If it does.....

The thought in my mind is: we hád a Holocaust. And if this Bahati-bill will be turned into law - will we then have a Homocaust?

The thought is chilling.

Read the bill.
Sign the petition.

Not just for gays - but for human rights in general.
Everything in this bill is a flagrant dismissal of human rights.

Go see for yourself.

http://wthrockmorton.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/anti-homosexuality-bill-2009.pdf

To sign the petition:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/uganda_for_tolerance_2/?cl=471955749&v=5361