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This is really hard to fathom for me...
By the end of 2012, Ugandas internationally contentious Kill the Gays bill will become law.
The highlyreligious, highly Christian countryhas been trying to get this bill passed since 2009, and it faced a great deal ofcriticismon an international level along the way: several European countriesthreatened to reduce aid to the country if the bill was passed.
Speaker Rebecca Kadaga described the bills passing as a Christmas gift for the Ugandan people.
The law will broaden the criminalization of same-sex relationships by dividing homosexuality into two categories; aggravated homosexuality and the offense of homosexuality.
Aggravated homosexuality is defined as gay acts committed by parents or authority figures, HIV-positive people, pedophiles and repeat offenders. If convicted, they will face the death penalty.
The offense of homosexuality includes same-sex sexual acts or being in a gay relationship, and will be prosecuted by life imprisonment.
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