12 Senators Send Ugandan President Letter on Homosexuality Bill

[ccharles000]

Today, Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Md., Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., and 10 other senators sent a letter to President Musseveni of Uganda to urge that he block enactment of the “anti-homosexual” bill pending in the Ugandan Parliament. Senator Cardin stated, “Ugandans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered or HIV-positive, should not live in fear or be punished for simply living their lives.”

Senator Durbin explained, “if this proposal carries the day, their government will undermine years of positive Ugandan leadership combating HIV infection, and instead, will begin pursuing a policy of intolerance.”

In addition to Sens. Cardin and Durbin, the letter was also signed by Sens. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Mark Udall, D-Colo., Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., Daniel Akaka, D-Hawai, and Diane Feinstein, D-Calif.

http://www.hrcbackstory.org/2010/01/12-senators-send-ugandan-president-letter-on-homosexuality-bill/

[Laf.La.Dem.]

1. Glad to see as many R's as D's on this letter

Oops - I was wrong:evilgrin:

[IADEMO2004]

2. Only 12? nt

[joeybee12]

6. My thought, too...how could they not get all 100? n/t

[GOPBasher]

3. Joe Lieberman signed that? He did something good? HOLY SHIT! Is he

feeling okay?

[Bluenorthwest]

4. Joe is otherwise an jerk, but he comes from a tradition that

has suffered under such genocidal laws, and because of that he does not support pogroms and murder of minorities. Some things are above and beyond the petty political divides of our Party crap, and this is one of them. Sadly the President plans on holding a public prayer meeting with the Ugandan legislator who authored the genocide bill on the 4th of Feb, at the request of his good friends and admired peers in the 'Family'.

[Jamastiene]

5. My head almost exploded when I heard about that.

President Obama sure has a funny way of being a "fierce advocate" for our rights.

[nichomachus]

7. We shall see

The man behind the mass-murder idea is coming to the Family's Prayer Breakfast next month. This is the event where all our politicians fawn all over the right-wing religious extremists.

We'll see how many of these people put their ass on the line and refuse to go. We'll also see whether Mr. Obama goes. If even one Democrat shows up to link arms with this would-be murderer, I will have a hard time in voting for or supporting them.

http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2010/01/16/19603

I'm old enough to remember when Democrats used to stand for something.

[totodeinhere]

8. Did you notice that not one Republican signed on to it? Disgraceful. n/t