United States the ONLY western nation against decriminalizing homosexuality

[mudesi]

This is embarrassing and disgraceful.

US balks at backing condemnation of anti-gay laws

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.

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[ccharles000]

1. disgusting

[ZombieHorde]

3. I agree.

[HeresyLives]

2. DARE I hope that for once, Canada,

even under that maroon, Harper, didn't go along with this nonsense?

Gay marriage is legal here, and has been for years, so I sincerely hope we didn't do something barbaric.

[muriel_volestrangler]

10. Yes, Canada signed; here's a reasonably full list

Countries that have already signed the Joint Statement include: Andorra, Armenia, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cape Verde, the Central African Republic, Chile, Cuba, Cyprus, Ecuador, Georgia, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Montenegro, Nepal, New Zealand, San Marino, Sao Tome et Principe, Serbia, Switzerland, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Uruguay, and Venezuela. All 27 member states of the European Union are also signatories.

http://michiganmessenger.com/10258/gay-community-asks-bush-administration-to-sign-on-to-un-declaration

That was from the 15th, so there may be a few who signed it after that.

[depakid]

4. Only the US and Somalia refuse to ratify the UN Declaration on the Rights of the Child

Problems with fundamentalist's control over kids, you see -and also that states like Texans would no longer be able to execute juveniles.

(that last point has been removed via the US Supreme Court).

[Mari333]

5. Its still okay to be a homophobe in the United States...

and after reading some of the justification of Warren on DU lately, seems its considered a perfectly acceptable form of bigotry.

[NightWatcher]

6. "we" are not too terribly enlightened over here. How many others have the Death Penalty

We like to think that we are the greatest thing since sliced bread, but in the scheme of things we are an ingnorant, arrogant teenager with daddy's car for the weekend looking to run down the neighbor's cat in the street. Stupid and dangerous are a bad mixture

[PVnRT]

7. But, we have to reach out to the homophobes and make sure they feel OK

We won, but we have to compromise. Welcome to America.

[kenfrequed]

8. Ye gods

Where is all the tough talk now about standing up to islamic fundamentalism? When secularism, gay rights, the rights of women, protection of the arts, or any other cherished western value pops up the differences between us and them disappears like an Arizona frost. The cabal of wealthy, greedy, myopic robber barons and their Elmer Gantry hucksters have a lot more in common withthe Wahaabists and the house of Saad than even I imagined.

I suppose they didn't really mean they would go after those countries that supported the 9-11 terrorists. After all most of them came from our good friends in Saudi Arabia who happily lead the world in decapitations and where homosexuality is a deathworthy trespass. No doubt our own Christian Reconstructionists would love to have it so good. But Iraq was a secular islamic state so our religious fundamentalists didn't have to worry about killing their fellow travelers of a subtley different faith.

[bertman]

9. What did you expect from the Bush administration in its final throes?? A declaration

of gay equality?

Get over it. Things are about to change.

[caraher]

11. Worse than the Rick Warren tempest

If Obama let's that tool say a few magic words but takes action to reverse this outrage and actually DO something to create full equality, is all forgiven?

[cboy4]

12. This says it all. Even in Israel for crine out loud.

One of my favorite posters.

[OneBlueSky]

13. Obama should speak out on this, loudly and clearly . . .

he should repudiate the U.S. vote and promise that, once he takes office, the U.S. will fully support this resolution . . . first, it's the right thing to do . . . and second, it might quell some of the heat he's taking for the Warren invitation . . .

in fact, since Warren undoubtedly would agree with not supporting the resolution, speaking out now would be an excellent way to articulate, in real terms, his differences with him . . .

so how about it, Mr. President-Elect? . . .

[MountainLaurel]

14. Somebody cue up the Lee Greenwood

. . . Proud to an Amurikkan . . .