Uganda Fines Radio Station for Gay Show
PlanetOut
Network, October 4, 2004
SUMMARY: A radio station in Uganda was fined over
$1,000 after broadcasting a talk show that featured openly gay guests who said
homosexuality was “an acceptable way of life.”
A radio station in Uganda was fined over $1,000 after
broadcasting a talk show that featured openly gay guests who said
homosexuality was “an acceptable way of life.”
According to a BBC News report on Sunday, Radio Simba was
fined by the Ugandan Broadcast Council and ordered to make a public apology
for the August show.
The chairman of the council, Godfrey Mutabazi, said the
program was “contrary to public morality and is not in compliance with
existing law.”
Homosexuality is illegal in Uganda.
Information Minister Nsaba Buturo told the BBC that the
radio show broke the law and and violated “God’s moral values.”
He said the guests on the show would not be sought for
prosecution, but added, “We are not going to give them the opportunity to
recruit others.”
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