First published: 20090331 10:26:44 AM EST
Gay rights activists in
A group of Gay activists today addressed a press conference in
Victor Mukasa, the coordinator of the
Mukasa says homosexuals are naturally born attracted to people of the same sex and do not “change like weather”. Mukasa says it is wrong for Langa and his group to accuse homosexuals of being in a campaign to recruit and change school children into homosexuality. He says these allegations are aimed at making Ugandans to hate homosexuals and force the government to become punish homosexuals.
Homosexuality is illegal in
But the Family Life Network recently presented a group of former homosexuals who claimed they used to recruit students through offering them money and friendship.
Mukasa says the people claiming to have been working to promote homosexuality in schools have been paid to talk bad about homosexuals in order to make Ugandans hate homosexuals, instead of appreciating their differences.
Stephen Langa recently told parents in a seminar that homosexuals are on a campaign to recruit students into homosexuality a practice he says is immoral.
Mukasa however says homosexuals are normal people born like any child but develop a natural attraction to the same sex.