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Nicolette Manglos-Weber, Associate Professor of Religion & Society, Boston University

US talks sanctions against Uganda after a harsh anti-gay law – but criminalizing same-sex activities has become a political tactic globally

The annual gay pride parade in Entebbe, Uganda, in 2014. Isaac Kasamani/AFP via Getty Images

Uganda recently signed an anti-gay bill into law. Called by some the “worst of its kind in the world,” the law imposes life imprisonment for same-sex relations while using colonial language that such acts are “against the order of nature.”

Politicians can often present anti-homosexuality laws as being necessary for ‘protection’ of values.
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