President Yoweri Museveni
After returning from a trip to the U.S., Ugandan dictator Yoweri Museveni said he is having second thoughts about his “kill the gays” bill because of the economic impact it could have on trade and growth.
While in the U.S. for a United Nations meeting, Museveni traveled to North Texas to meet with investors. His entourage had reservations to stay at the Four Seasons Hotel and meet at the Irving Convention Center. But when protesters threatened to disrupt the visit, the hotel and convention center canceled his meetings and reservations. The Ugandan embassy announced the meeting had been moved to the Gaylord Hotel in Grapevine, but officials at that hotel said their hotel would also be unable to accommodate him.
The planned meeting was finally held at a private ranch outside Allen, and during the meeting Museveni announced, “I was told that Dallas is full of homosexuals and lesbians. I didn’t know they were so powerful.” He also threatened, in thinly veiled terms, to get revenge by targeting LGBTs in his home country.
After hearing that Museveni was reconsidering the anti-gay legislation, Ugandan exiles located in the DFW area contacted Dallas Voice and said, “Looks like the guy learned some lessons in Texas!”
According to Yahoo News, Museveni announced he only signed off on the bill to protect children and stop gays from recruiting.
