From USA Today-
At last, the Church of Uganda, the Anglican Communion branch there, has spoken up on the anti-homosexuality bill it has been studying for months. Their confusing statement, released today to Christianity Today, is long on bewildering rhetoric and very short on proposed amendments.
Indeed, Warren Throckmorton, an associate professor of psychology at Grove City College, blogs that the "changes" only serve to show the church wants to "make it more clear that homosexuality is against the law."
The only specific amendment suggested would qualify a provision of the bill that now says people who fail to report gays to authorities could be imprisoned themselves. The Church would like to see pastors, doctors and counselors exempted. Otherwise, they back all efforts to be sure homosexuality is "excluded as a human right."
So, family and friends who fail to turn in gays to authorities would still be facing jail, as per the original bill's wording. (Note to actress Anne Hathaway, who told a British mag she left the Catholic Church because it wouldn't welcome her gay brother: Stay out of Uganda.)
More here-
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/Religion/post/2010/02/gay-death-penalty-church-uganda-anglican/1
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