Comments on: UN statement on gay rights: Why the U.S. didn’t sign

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Are Laws Banning Homosexuality Like Apartheid? » Equal Roots — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:06:15 +0000

[...] the end of 2009, the UN put forth its first statement ever on the issue of LGBT rights. More than 65 countries signed a statement calling for a worldwide end to criminalizing [...]

By: Jarred

Jarred — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:41:12 +0000

So wait, the U.S. firmly condemns human right violations based on sexual orientation, but wants to make sure the individual states’ ability to allow gay people’s rights to housing and employment to be violated. Am I the only one sensing a bit of cognitive dissonance over that one?

Or does the federal government simply feel that equal access to housing and employment are not human rights?

By: John

John — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:29:24 +0000

Don’t you remember the big kumbayah moment when the Orthodox Jewish Zionists of Israel, the Christianists, and the Muslims got together to condemn the Israeli government for permitting a gay pride march in the “holy city?”

Bashing gay people bring the religious nuts together. Go figure.