Speaking of homophobia...
Jul. 15th, 2010 04:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
redneckgaijinGOP lawmakers lobby homophobic regimes to block UN recognition of a gay-rights group.
So, in other words, Republicans would rather gay people be executed than risk not being able to tell people to kill gay people.
(Also: way to demonstrate diversity, United Nations, by putting nations entirely opposed to human rights on the human rights council...)
"Serious questions regarding the IGLHRC's support for the internationally recognized rights to freedom of religion and freedom of expression remain outstanding in the NGO Committee. Consequently, a forced, premature action by the [council] to approve the IGLHRC would potentially undermine these important rights," they wrote.
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Countries on the council include places where homosexuality is illegal and punishable by imprisonment, whipping, or death: Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Egypt and Pakistan are the most famously harsh countries. Homosexuality is also illegal in Cameroon, Ghana, Morocco, Mauritius, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia and Zambia.
IGLHRC's mission is focused on eliminating such laws, and they advocate against state-sanctioned violence based on sexual orientation.
Smith and Franks want to kill the U.S. motion to recognize IGLHRC, they say, because the group never answered a question from the NGO committee about whether they would "support the prosecution of a religious preacher for what he or she preaches against homosexuality."
So, in other words, Republicans would rather gay people be executed than risk not being able to tell people to kill gay people.
(Also: way to demonstrate diversity, United Nations, by putting nations entirely opposed to human rights on the human rights council...)
