US President Barack Obama has criticised as "odious¹" proposed anti-homosexuality legislation in Uganda.

美国总统奥巴马批评乌干达提出的反同性恋立法“可憎的”。

Mr Obama added his voice to a chorus of criticism from the US and Europe

The bill calls for long jail terms or the death penalty in some cases of homosexual intercourse性交，交流.

It is "unconscionable昧着良心的，不合理的 to target gays and lesbians for who they are," he told politicians and religious leaders at a prayer breakfast早餐祈祷聚会 in Washington.

Homosexual acts are already illegal in Uganda and punishable by up to 14 years in prison.

The bill would raise that penalty处罚，惩罚 to life in prison.

It also proposes the death penalty for a new offence of "aggravated²加重的，恶化的 homosexuality" - defined as when one of the participants is a minor³较小的，未成年的, HIV-positive, disabled or a "serial⁴ offender⁵".