[quote=New York Times]NAIROBI, Kenya - A Ugandan court on Friday struck down a punitive antigay law that has strained Uganda's relations with the West but the court ruled on narrow technical grounds, preserving the possibility that the measure could be revived.
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[i]Judge Stephen Kavuma read a verdict invalidating Uganda's anti-gay law in court on Friday.[/i][/quote]
Source: [URL="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/02/world/africa/uganda-anti-gay-law-struck-down-by-court.html?_r=0"]New York Times[/URL]
progress, however small, is still progress
bravo
Wait so even judges in African countries wear ridiculous wigs?
[QUOTE=Helix Snake;45564425]Wait so even judges in African countries wear ridiculous wigs?[/QUOTE]
you are in contempt of court, please to pay a fine of 200 Ugandan shillings or go to jail
[QUOTE=Helix Snake;45564425]Wait so even judges in African countries wear ridiculous wigs?[/QUOTE]
uganda be sorry you said that
[QUOTE=Helix Snake;45564425]Wait so even judges in African countries wear ridiculous wigs?[/QUOTE]
Well they were a British Colony.
[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;45564460]you are in contempt of court, please to pay a fine of 200 Ugandan shillings or go to jail[/QUOTE]
by google:
[QUOTE]1 Ugandan Shilling equals
0.00038 US Dollar[/QUOTE]
that seems incredibly cheap :v:
They didn't pass it because of a technicality.
It still has a chance to come back again and pass.
But people of Uganda don't want people to eat each others poo poo.
[video=youtube;EHBA96OmkB0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHBA96OmkB0[/video]
[QUOTE=Sgt. Khorn;45564498]They didn't pass it because of a technicality.
It still has a chance to come back again and pass.[/QUOTE]
What I think you mean is that it was struck down because of a technicality. But yes, the law can be rewritten to not include this technicality, be passed, and then there will be very little that can be done about it.
It doesn't even need to be re written. It literally just has to pass parliament again, but this time with the right number of people voting.
[quote]In front of an overflowing courtroom in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, a panel of five judges announced that the Anti-Homosexuality Act, which punishes some homosexual behavior with life in prison, was invalid because it had been passed by Parliament without a proper quorum.[/quote]
Basically, this means that the law was turned down because it was passed in parliament without meeting the required number of minimum members it needs to turn it down. Unless the missing members were all pro-gay activists, they could attempt to pass it again and probably succeed.
[editline]2nd August 2014[/editline]
[QUOTE=DogGunn;45566065]It doesn't even need to be re written. It literally just has to pass parliament again, but this time with the right number of people voting.[/QUOTE]
Aw, late. This is what I get for buggering off with threads still open
Oh great, now snakes are gonna gather up in everyone's gardens due to sin.
[quote]In front of an overflowing courtroom in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, a panel of five judges announced that the Anti-Homosexuality Act, which punishes some homosexual behavior with life in prison, was invalid because it had been passed by Parliament without a proper quorum.[/quote]
they didn't even vote on the law it only got blocked because someone forgot to dot some i's and cross some t's, it will go back into court very soon
[QUOTE=Wizards Court;45564482]by google:
that seems incredibly cheap :v:[/QUOTE]
It's about 8c Canadian
[QUOTE=Helix Snake;45564425]Wait so even judges in African countries wear ridiculous wigs?[/QUOTE]
Most countries that used to be apart of the British wear it, all part of tradition
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