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Ugandan President Signs Anti-Gay Bill

HeadlineFeb 24, 2014

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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