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Post by Mr.Philophobia on May 10, 2011 21:59:55 GMT -5
A friend reblogged this on tumblr today, and I've been trying to spread the word around. All the info will be explained with the link, just please sign it asap and spread the word to everyone. We need to get roughly 90,000 signaturesin under 12 hours. www.avaaz.org/en/uganda_stop_homophobia_petition/?slideshowI'm posting the link to as many sites as I can, hoping more people will sign it and spread the word. This isn't to save some crumby tv show or something. This is serious and extremely important. The bill was blocked before, but we might be able to make it vanish for good. Thank you so much if you can help,or the very least tell others about it.
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Post by Mr.Philophobia on May 14, 2011 16:17:55 GMT -5
Update: May 13 2011
Great news -- the bill has has been shelved! Together, we've won a major fight for equality and justice. Over 1.6 million of us signed the petition opposing the anti-gay bill, tens of thousands of us called our heads of state, and we helped make the attack on gay rights in Uganda a major international news story -- and it worked. Today, under intense global pressure, the Speaker of the Ugandan Parliament blocked the anti-gay bill from coming to a vote in the emergency session. Now Parliament has closed and the bill has been wiped from the books. It's not necessarily gone for good, but to be considered again, it would have to be reintroduced as a new bill and go through the whole Parliamentary process -- which took 18 months last time. Our global outcry made it clear that the world is watching, and demanding that human rights be respected everywhere. Today, we can join our friends in Uganda in celebration of a victory that could save thousands of lives. - Avaaz
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