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===Support for same-sex rights===

===Support for same-sex rights===

In Uganda 2005, the government passed laws "[[marriage]] is lawful only if entered into between a man and a woman" and "unlawful for same-sex couples to marry". This didn't sit well with Amnesty and they called on the Ugandan governement "to end discrimination against people on grounds of their sexual orientation" and "which is a violation of international human rights law." <ref>[http://74.125.45.104/search?q=cache:69WFWtiUD3IJ:www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp%3FNewsID%3D16329+amnesty+same-sex&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=15&gl=us Uganda: Gay and lesbian rights activists intimidated, and same sex marriage criminalised] Google Cache of Amnesty UK, August 3, 2005</ref>

In Uganda in 2005, the government passed laws saying that "[[marriage]] is lawful only if entered into between a man and a woman" and that it was "unlawful for same-sex couples to marry".

Amnesty called on the Ugandan governement "to end discrimination against people on grounds of their sexual orientation" which they claimed was "a violation of international human rights law."<ref>[http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=16329 Uganda: Gay and lesbian rights activists intimidated, and same sex marriage criminalised] Amnesty UK, August 3, 2005</ref>

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