President Obama on Thursday strongly criticized controversial anti-homosexuality legislation being considered by Uganda's legislature.It is "unconscionable to target gays or lesbians for who they are," Obama said during an appearance at the National Prayer Breakfast.
The measure being considered in Uganda is "odious," he added.
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The organization which sponsors the breakfast, the Fellowship Foundation, has been associated with efforts to pass the bill, according to the ethics group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
The measure would punish sexual activity between persons of the same sex with long jail terms or death.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also criticized the bill during an appearance at the breakfast.
CREW had protested Obama's appearance at the breakfast, claiming in a statement that the event "designed to appear as if government-sanctioned, actually serves as a meeting and recruiting event for the shadowy Fellowship Foundation," also known as "The Foundation" and "The Family."
A Ugandan legislator who introduced the bill -- which has been roundly condemned by human rights groups -- was scheduled to attend the breakfast before his invitation was revoked, CREW claimed. CNN
Thursday, February 04, 2010
Obama Speaks at Prayer Breakfast Feb. 4 Video
Obama spoke in Washington at the annual National Prayer Breakfast. He calls for civility. Obama slams birthers for questioning his birthplace rather than his policies. People laugh, but Obama is dead serious.
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