Toronto Sun | 03Dec2010 | Orest Slepokura
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/letters/2010/12/03/16419846.html
Uganda is no example
Re “Pope OKs condoms” (Nov. 27, 2010): Michael Coren invites us to
compare “the failure of South Africa with the success of Uganda”
in the battle against AIDS. Uganda, where a 2009 private member’s bill
bristling with anti-gay legislation is working its way through
parliament -- for laws that call for life in prison, even the
death
penalty, for gays and lesbians, and three-years’ jail time for
those
who know of but fail to report a gay person to police. This
against a
backdrop of ongoing unabashed persecution of homosexuals by
zealots
in government and media. Praising Uganda is like hailing a
fascist
regime for making trains run on time.
Orest Slepokura
Strathmore, Alta.
(So much for that dream
Uganda vacation)
Edmonton Sun | 02Dec2010 | Orest Slepokura
http://www.edmontonsun.com/comment/letters/2010/12/01/16394106.html
Thumbs down on Uganda
Re: Michael Coren, “Pope OKs condoms,” Edmonton Sun, Nov. 27, 2010. Michael Coren
invites us to compare “the failure of South Africa with the success of Uganda”
in the battle against AIDS. Uganda, where a 2009 private member’s bill bristling
with anti-gay legislation is currently working its way through parliament for
laws that call for life in prison, even the death penalty, for gays and
Lesbians, as well as three years in jail for those who know of but fail to
report a gay person to police. This, against a backdrop of unabashed persecution
of homosexuals by zealots in government and media. Praising Uganda is like
hailing a fascist regime for making trains run on time.
Orest Slepokura
(Thumbs down from Orest. )