Exporting Gay Rights

BBC News reports that the US has been pressuring African countries to promote the gay rights agenda: “President Barack Obama has ordered US government agencies to put gay rights at the heart of foreign policy . . . . The US has said it will use foreign aid and diplomacy to fight discrimination against gays and lesbians. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said ‘gay rights are human rights.’”

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is resisting the pressure: “‘Before anyone gives me a lecture about homosexuals and their rights, first talk about railways,’ Mr Museveni told delegates at a meeting in Kampala. Homosexuality is illegal in many African countries, including Uganda, where homosexual acts are punishable with up to 14 years in prison.”