U.S. Government sides with Muslim nations: Keep homosexuality illegal

[AnAnonymousDemocrat]

U.S. balks at decriminalizing homosexuality

UNITED NATIONS - Alone among major Western nations, the United States has refused to sign a declaration presented Thursday at the United Nations calling for worldwide decriminalization of homosexuality.

In all, 66 of the U.N.'s 192 member countries signed the nonbinding declaration — which backers called a historic step to push the General Assembly to deal more forthrightly with any-gay discrimination. More than 70 U.N. members outlaw homosexuality, and in several of them homosexual acts can be punished by execution.

Co-sponsored by France and the Netherlands, the declaration was signed by all 27 European Union members, as well as Japan, Australia, Mexico and three dozen other countries. There was broad opposition from Muslim nations, and the United States refused to sign, indicating that some parts of the declaration raised legal questions that needed further review.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28302371/

[lostnotforgotten]

1. Pro-Torture, Pro-Bigotry, Pro-Discrimination - What Have We Become?

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[Phredicles]

4. It's sad - In the 1780s we were at the cutting edge of human rights;

maybe it's time we tried to catch up with at least the 19th century for starters?

[Chulanowa]

5. I've often thought the same

Yeah, we were good back then... considering the competition at any rate.

But the unending "founding father" fetishism is really holding us back. There's much irony to conservatives decrying "old europe" yet chosing to live in a mostly fictional past, themselves.

Must be jealousy of all those little cheese-eating countries that actually have a history...

[QC]

2. But soon these fundamentalist fanatics won't be monopolizing the conversation

in this country anymore!

Oh wait....

[AnAnonymousDemocrat]

3. ha...Yeah. Let's see if this (or anything else) changes after Obama takes office nt

[RetiredTrotskyite]

6. Big Surprise--NOT!!!!!

If anyone took Obama at his word about "change" and thought that it might include us certainly has stars in his or her eyes. The only people that count in this fucking country are the straights and the bible-bangers.This country is moving more and more to the right no matter who is in office. If I had my way I would outlaw Christian participation in politics...I am tired of them using the freedom guaranteed in the Constitution to find ways to treat us like shit. And if anything gets said, then well, they can always say, "The wages of sin is death". Anyone not figured out why the US hasn't signed this resuloution? Because the fucking bible-bangers and their allies WANT us to die! It's that fucking simple.

[OneBlueSky]

7. this is a golden opportunity for Obama to demonstrate his "fierce advocacy" . . .

for gays and lesbians . . . he should speak up, loudly and clearly, and condemn the U.S. vote against this resolution . . . and promise that, when he takes office, that vote will be reversed, and the U.S. will join the rest of the civilized world in decriminalizing homosexuality . . .

what say you, Mr. President-Elect? . . . now is the time to speak up . . .