Uganda lawmakers backed by religious leaders believe they have a good chance of making anti-gay legislation into law by 2011. The legislation may not only make homosexuality a crime but in addition one could be penalized for renting to someone who is homosexual, for testing positive for HIV/AIDS, and other possibilities. There is even the possibility that homosexuality could be punishable by execution.

This already lies on the law books of many nations in the Islamic world, but is rarely if ever carried out. In Uganda, this is a sudden change and it includes the possibility that someone could be punished when going to get tested for HIV/AIDS. Therefore, the potential law would lead not only to killings, jailings, refugee flows, but would also dramatically slow the control of the spread of HIV/AIDS.

Sweden has already considered leveraging aid funding to prevent this legislation. The US has the power not only to put pressure on Uganda with aid funding, but potentially also with the oil industry.