People walk in a parade as they celebrate the annulment of an anti-homosexuality law by Uganda's constitutional court in Entebbe August 9, 2014. REUTERS/Edward Echwalu
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni wants to re-issue a divisive anti-gay law that was rejected by a court, but without tough penalties for consenting adults, a ruling party lawmaker said on Tuesday.
The original version of the law passed in February punished gay sex with long prison terms and alarmed Western donors, some of whom withheld aid in protest. Uganda's constitutional court overturned it on a technicality this month.
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