The comments do suggest that this is only a bill, and has some way to go before it could become law. It also suggests that the bill would not be passed as it stands.
It does reek of using the law to eliminate minorities, and we all know where that ended up last time.
Either way, it should be strongly opposed.
However, direct action would be out of order at this time. We would not appreciate another stepping in to oppose some of the more outrageous bills that have been proposed in our own countries. Fortunately, common sense has generally prevailed, and it hasn't happened. There are some on the tables now in both Europe and the USA that really should not have even been read, let alone written, but so far the majority have not seen fit to allow them to progress until they are reasonable.
Only if this bill were to become law should sanctions be introduced, and these have effectively overcome a number of 'unfair' situations where a country wishes to remain on the international stage.
The comments then seem to degenerate into a heated argument that strays from the initial discussion point. As such, though worrying in themselves, they are not really linked to the bill itself but to the other issue concerning the whole of Africa, especially AIDS and it's continued spread throughout the continent.
We should keep an eye on the bill's progress and make sure it is not buried in other legislation to get it through. I do not think that this is likely. Though a leader might get to the top by nefarious means, no country can be run totally by complete idiots, and I don't think this bill will get very far.
Sue. X
Psychiatrists are like the eunuch in the harem. They know what transvestism is, they can describe it, they can demonstrate it, but they cant actually explain it!