Actress, comedian and talk show host
Whoopi Goldberg on Friday posted a video message to the presidents of
Nigeria and Uganda about anti-gay legislation each signed in their
respective nations.
“You're on the wrong side of
history,” Goldberg said in the two-minute video. “You let people
come over to your country and make you believe an untruth.”
“Gay people, black people, people
people, we're all human. We all face these issues. And it doesn't
roll in any country. We don't put up with it anymore here in the
United States because it was wrong. It was wrong for us, it's wrong
for you.”
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan
quietly signed legislation increasing the penalties for homosexuality
last month, while Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed a similar
bill last week.
“It isn't right to imprison someone
for who they are, for who they love,” Goldberg said. (The video is
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The Obama administration has condemned
both laws.
(Related: John
Kerry speaks to Uganda's Yoweri Museveni about anti-gay law.)