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February 24, 2014

Ugandan President Signs Anti-Gay Bill 
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Uganda's president has signed a bill criminalizing homosexuality. The
measure punishes repeated homosexual acts with terms of up to life in
prison. U.S. evangelicals helped spur anti-LGBT fervor in Uganda, with
some even reportedly helping to draft the new law.

 

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