Homosexuality and the Anglican Communion underwent a profound change in regards to homosexuality. The last same-sex attracted person to be sent to prison indefinitely as a "dangerous sex offender" was in 1967. In 1969, the Canadian parliament passed amendments of the Criminal Code, decriminalising homosexuality in Canada. On 20 July 1971, the last gay man criminally convicted because of his sexual orientation was released from prison. A series of judicial rulings beginning in 2003 legalised same-sex marriage in the majority of Canada's provinces, and on 20 July 2005, the Canadian government extended the new definition nationwide by statute. Currently ten Anglican dioceses (Edmonton, Nova Scotia
Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2014 homosexuality and move against the tide of history". Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also expressed her opposition to the bill, and US Congress members Tom Coburn, Russ Feingold, Tammy Baldwin, and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen likewise stated theirs. In December 2009, the city council of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Kampala's sister city, passed a resolution opposing the bill. On 8 October 2011, Andrew Mitchell, the UK's Secretary of State for International Development, announced that African countries which persecute homosexuals will face cuts in financial aid from the British government. Mitchell specifically warned Museveni that his country faced reductions in aid unless it abandoned the