But, in the context of the day's events, and Museveni's own skilful politicking around the act, his remarks revealed much about how homosexuality has been politically loaded in Uganda, presented as a proxy for all the geopolitical and moral evils besetting the nation, derailing economic and spiritual advancement, and darkening the future.
They cite various reasons for the recent drop in prices, chief among them the darkening economic outlook in rich countries.
More than his abrasive predecessor, John Bolton, he accepted that the UN could do some useful things.All the stranger, then, that the mood in American-UN relations has in recent weeks been darkening again.
The mood among businessmen in the euro area's main economies is darkening.
They hail from southern Uganda an area of green hills and endemic poverty and their meetings are usually pleasant chats over a barbecue, when they compare property portfolios and community projects back in Africa.Now, the mood is darkening.
The pace of potential growth helps determine the sustainability of everything from public debt to the prices of shares.Unfortunately, the outlook for America's potential growth rate was darkening long before the financial crisis hit.
At least 50 people were killed in several days of fighting.The mood in Abyei, an oil-rich area straddling Sudan's north-south border, had been darkening for months.
If Mr Karzai were not a client of the West, his country might well be classified as a narco-state.The political mood in Kabul is darkening, and Mr Karzai's popularity is declining even among some of his own officials.
Ukraine, which borders Hungary, casts a long and ever darkening shadow.
The outlook for the European and world economy is darkening.
