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| Ugandans hold anti-gay sex rally | Ugandans hold anti-gay sex rally |
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| Hundreds of Ugandans have taken part an anti-gay rally in the capital to demand the government uphold a ban on gay sex. | Hundreds of Ugandans have taken part an anti-gay rally in the capital to demand the government uphold a ban on gay sex. |
| The Interfaith Rainbow Coalition Against Homosexuality said the rally at a sports stadium in Kampala showed how much Ugandans deplored homosexuality. | The Interfaith Rainbow Coalition Against Homosexuality said the rally at a sports stadium in Kampala showed how much Ugandans deplored homosexuality. |
| Spokesman Pastor Martin Sempa told the BBC that Uganda was under "great external pressure to relax its laws" ahead of October's Commonwealth summit. | Spokesman Pastor Martin Sempa told the BBC that Uganda was under "great external pressure to relax its laws" ahead of October's Commonwealth summit. |
| In Uganda, homosexuality carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. | |
| We are telling them that Africans find homosexuality reprehensible Pastor Martin Sempa Does sexual orientation matter? | We are telling them that Africans find homosexuality reprehensible Pastor Martin Sempa Does sexual orientation matter? |
| Pastor Sempa told the BBC's Focus on Africa that homosexuals were using the summit to try and "shame, force, coerce, intimidate Uganda into changing our laws". | Pastor Sempa told the BBC's Focus on Africa that homosexuals were using the summit to try and "shame, force, coerce, intimidate Uganda into changing our laws". |
| "We are telling them that Africans find homosexuality reprehensible. Leave us alone." | "We are telling them that Africans find homosexuality reprehensible. Leave us alone." |
| The gay community is estimated by activists to number 500,000 in Uganda where they face much discrimination. | The gay community is estimated by activists to number 500,000 in Uganda where they face much discrimination. |
| Gay activists held a news conference last week but many were afraid to show their faces and wore masks. | Gay activists held a news conference last week but many were afraid to show their faces and wore masks. |
| They say they are forced to live double lives for fear of harassment and brutality. | They say they are forced to live double lives for fear of harassment and brutality. |
| Uganda's government rejected their call for recognition and equal rights. | Uganda's government rejected their call for recognition and equal rights. |