“I have failed to understand that you can fail to be attracted to all these beautiful women and be attracted to a man,’’ the president told reporters as he signed off on controversial anti-gay legislation that includes life prison terms for repeat offenders.
“That is a really serious matter. There is something really wrong with you,’’ he said.
Mr Museveni, a devout evangelical Christian, said the only explanation for being gay was money.
“Homosexuals are actually mercenaries. They are heterosexual people but because of money they say they are homosexuals. These are prostitutes because of money,’’ he said, asserting that he had taken the time to get scientific advice before signing off on the law.
“No study has shown you can be homosexual by nature,’’ he said. “That man can choose to love a man... is a matter of choice. After listening to the scientists, I got the facts.
“Can somebody be homosexual simply by nature? The answer is no.’’

The president said he had a particular problem with oral sex.
“One of the cultures that we detest is oral sex. The mouth is for picking food, not for sex. We know the address for sex. That address (the mouth) is not for sex,’’ he said. ``The mouth is for eating not for sex. The mouth is engineered for kissing.’’
As for gay oral sex, he said the health risks were appalling.
“It is not healthy. You can contract STD (sexually transmitted diseases). You push the mouth there, you can come back with worms and they enter your stomach because that is a wrong address. You can also contract Hepatitis B,’’ he said.
He said homosexuality in Uganda has been “provoked by the arrogant and careless Western groups that are coming in our schools and recruiting homosexuals into homosexuality and lesbianism’’.
“Initially I have not paid attention to it because I was busy with the immediate issues of defence, security, electricity, the roads,’’ the president said.
“When finally, when I concentrated my mind on it, I distilled three problems: number one, those who are promoting homosexuality and recruiting normal people to it. Secondly, as a consequence of number one, many of those recruited, are doing so for mercenary reasons. To get money. In effect, homosexual prostitutes. These mercenary homosexual prostitutes have to be punished. Just like those who are recruiting them,’’ he explained.
“Number three, homosexuals exhibiting themselves. Exhibition of homosexuals, advertising yourself that you are homosexual.’’
Mr Museveni warned critics of the law not to push the country on the matter.
“I advise friends from the West not to make this an issue because if they make it an issue the more they will lose,’’ he said. “This is social imperialism. To impose social values of one group on our society.
“I would advise Western countries, this is a no-go area,’’ he said. “I don’t mind being in a collision course with the West. I am prepared.’’

Has anyone considered the possibility that they might be good worms.....

If you ever get the chance watch Stephen Fry's documentary on homophobia around the world called "Out There". You hear crazy theories like this amongst other stupid and horrible things.

It's amazing how strong homophobia is in some parts of the world.

you base that view on a documentary made by a comedian?
have you actually been to any of the places in that television show?

you base that view on a documentary made by a comedian?
have you actually been to any of the places in that television show?

You're joking right? It's not like the lack of human rights for homosexuals around the world is not well documented.

And fwiw, my opinion isn't solely based on the documentary, I was just saying it's an insightful watch.

shall we start with Russia, Zimbabwe or Uganda? Or just go straight throughout to Muslim Middle East?

Religion :oops:

so you opinion is based on the 'documentary' and what you hear on the news right?

so you opinion is based on the 'documentary' and what you hear on the news right?

Not reading an article :oops:

You're actually saying one should be ignorant to things unless they have seen them first hand?

And have you had your head in the sand in the lead up to Sochi 2014 and all the talk about gay rights (or lack thereof) in Russia?

There's mountains of independent second hand evidence available to us that homophobia is much more prevalent in certain regions of the world.

Yes because the entire issue has nothing at all to do with religion. ](*,)

"standard bible bashing trash"
"straight male insecurity and idiocy"
"sort of talk you'd hear from a commission housing area in the western suburbs in Melbourne"

any other group you'd like to marginalise while you're at it?

:lol:
I was raised a Catholic, am a straight male, and until last week was a resident of the Western Suburbs.

so you're one of those self haters? ](*,)

yes homosexuals are certainly discriminated harshly in islamic countries as well as places like the USA
were they the areas the comedian's documentary covered?

Edited by ricecrackers: 27/2/2014 06:17:57 PM

"all the talk"

yes i've heard "all the talk"

perhaps you could tell me what the issue with Russia is in regards to gay rights? can you do that in your own words?

No doubt he's a fanatical religious dick but tbh in the context of this article I don't think it's relevant, I mean the reasoning he gives isn't the standard bible bashing trash, it sounds like straight male insecurity and idiocy tbh, the sort of talk you'd hear from a commission housing area in the western suburbs in Melbourne.

I've never seen the wisdom in jumping at the chance to condemn religion with ridiculous generalizations in a thread about intolerance personally.