US Senate Committee, and Joyce Meyer Join Critics of Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill, Underscore Threat to HIV/AIDS Programs
Charismatic preacher Joyce Meyer has added herself to the list of prominent U.S. ministry leaders who have spoken out against Uganda’s highly contentious Anti-Homosexuality Bill.
“If enacted, this hostile legislation will also further, and adversely, serve as a major setback in the global health efforts to combat Uganda's AIDS epidemic and reduce the record-high infection rates among the country's HIV population, an already at-risk community that could be further ostracized, threatened, and targeted as potential criminals,” she stated, echoing comments from groups such as World Vision.
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The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has also approved a resolution condemning the law. As the resolution states, "such laws undermine our commitment to combating HIV/AIDS globally through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) by stigmatizing and criminalizing vulnerable communities." (S.RES.409)
Read more in the major news outlets here, and read the full bill text and status on the Library of Congress site here.
The ELCA Presiding Bishop addressed this bill in a previous state in January (2010). Read more on the ELCA web site here.