(Editor’s note: The Rev. Canon Albert Ogle was interviewed by Andrew Whiteside of “Gay Talk Tonight” while on a family vacation in New Zealand. As public attention turns towards the Scott Lively trial in Lively v Sexual Minorities Uganda in Massachusetts on Jan. 7, the Ogle interview gives a comprehensive background on why this trial is important for LGBT rights globally.

KAMPALA, Uganda – Parliament adjourned today without debating or voting on the draconian “Kill The Gays” bill. Lawmakers will not return to session until February 2013.

Rebecca Kadaga, Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament, had vowed to pass the “Kill The Gays” bill as a “Christmas gift” to the nation.

Instead, Kadaga was at the Vatican getting blessed by the Pope – an action that is drawing widespread criticism.

KAMPALA, Uganda – The universally condemned “Kill The Gays” bill appears to be on a fast-track pace toward passage in December.

Speaker Rebecca Kadaga vows that the much-maligned Anti-Homosexuality Bill will be overwhelmingly passed by Parliament because she claims that most Ugandans are demanding the law. She told reporters that the bill’s passage would be the perfect “Christmas gift” for Ugandans.

Interpretation of history, particularly religious history, must always be done with the meticulous skill of a surgeon, or the patient may die. Left to the devices of amateurs or God forbid, politicians, lots of people will get hurt or be killed needlessly.