Ofwono Opondo, the Executive Director of the Uganda Media Centre and the Spokesperson of the Government of Uganda, authored a series of tweets, confirming the signing of Uganda's anti-homosexuality law today. Among his tweets was an attack on U.S. President Barack Obama for not speaking out to denounce the law allowing "businesses to deny services to gays on religious grounds."
While it seems that Mr. Opondo was trying to justify Uganda's sexual orientation discrimination on the GOP's sexual orientation discrimination in Arizona, Mr. Opondo does make a point : the Obama administration can't really denounce discrimination against the LGBT community in a foreign country if it does nothing to denounce similar discrimination right here at home.
Ugandan gov't spox confirms signing, references Arizona religious disc rim bill & asks what Obama has said about it: pic.twitter.com/pwUuq7HTJC
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) February 24, 2014The Obama administration hasn't done much to stand up against anti-LGBT human rights abuses around the world. President Obama hasn't been able to bring to a stop the violent anti-LGBT crackdown taking place in Russia, Uganda, or Nigeria. Here at home, LGBT activists are still waiting for President Obama to sign the employment non-discrimination executive order referred to as ENDA.
Obama's America: Arizona passes 'anti-gay' bill allowing business owners to refuse service on religious grounds http://t.co/8nLrpT9hvr
— Stacy Herbert (@stacyherbert) February 22, 2014
