• U.N. council passes gay rights resolution
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[quote](CNN) -- In what the U.S. State Department is calling a "historic step," the U.N. Human Rights Council passed a resolution Friday supporting equal rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation. The resolution, introduced by South Africa, is the first-ever U.N. resolution on the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered persons. It passed with 23 votes in favor, 19 opposed and three abstentions amid strong criticism of South Africa by some African nations. Suzanne Nossel, deputy assistant secretary of state for international organizations, told CNN, "It really is a key part in setting a new norm that gay rights are human rights and that that has to be accepted globally." "It talks about the violence and discrimination that people of LGBT persuasion experience around the world," she said, "and that those issues ... need to be taken seriously. It calls for reporting on what's going on, where people are being discriminated against, the violence that is taking place, and it really puts the issue squarely on the U.N.'s agenda going forward." Divided opinion continues among some countries about whether the time has come to take up gay rights in the U.N. forum, Nossel said, "so this resolution is really significant as far as gaining widespread support for doing just that." The State Department lobbied intensively for the resolution, and Nossel said the United States was pleased to see African leadership, from South Africa in particular, as well as strong support from South America, Colombia and Brazil. The resolution also will commission the first-ever U.N. report on the challenges that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people face around the globe. Nossel said the Obama administration hopes it will "open a broader international discussion on how to best promote and protect the human rights of LGBT persons." In March the U.N. Human Rights Council adopted a statement, supported by 85 countries, on gay rights called "Ending Violence Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity." Friday's vote "marks a victory for defenders of human rights," said Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. "It sends a clear message that abuses based on sexual orientation and gender identity must end." U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has made gay rights a key focus of the State Department's human rights agenda, expressing her view that "gay rights are human rights and human rights are gay rights." At a gay pride event this month at the State Department, Clinton said, "Men and women are harassed, beaten, subjected to sexual violence, even killed, because of who they are and whom they love. Some are driven from their homes or countries, and many who become refugees confront new threats in their countries of asylum. In some places, violence against the LGBT community is permitted by law and inflamed by public calls to violence; in others, it persists insidiously behind closed doors." Nossel told CNN, "it's not like discrimination or violence are going to end overnight" because of the U.N. resolution, "but now ... when there are proposals in parliaments or legislatures around the world to illegalize gay activity or repress people because of their sexual orientation, opponents can point to this and say, 'Hey, the U.N. has spoken out, there is a resolution that rejects this squarely.' "That is the way these international norms are built," she said. "It's not from scratch. On women's rights, on minority rights, it builds up over time. So this is really a critical beginning of a universal recognition of a new set of rights that forms part of the international system."[/quote] Source: [url]http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/06/17/un.lgbt.rights/index.html?hpt=hp_t1[/url]
This is a very good thing. Soon we will be one step closer to making a lot of things better for everyone. Hopefully any who strive to oppose and defy this victorious decree are soon to be crushed like the pestilent pests they are.
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[quote]In favour (23): Argentina; Belgium; Brazil; Chile; Cuba; Ecuador; France; Guatemala; Hungary; Japan; Mauritius; Mexico; Norway; Poland; Republic of Korea; Slovakia; Spain; Switzerland; Thailand; Ukraine; United Kingdom; United States and Uruguay. Against (19): Angola; Bahrain; Bangladesh; Cameroon; Djibouti; Gabon; Ghana; Jordan; Malaysia; Maldives; Mauritania; Nigeria; Pakistan; Qatar; Republic of Moldova; [b]Russian Federation[/b]; Saudi Arabia; Senegal and Uganda.[/quote] [img]http://imgkk.com/i/fuy4.jpg[/img] [editline]17th June 2011[/editline] also lol african countries
[QUOTE=Ama-zake;30522123] [editline]17th June 2011[/editline] also lol african countries[/QUOTE] They're against eating da poo poo.
Thank god, change is good. [QUOTE=OvB;30522301]They're against eating da poo poo.[/QUOTE] Like ice cream. :q::q:
But being gay don't necessarily mean "eating da poo poo" by default. If anything it usually extends to "packing da fudge". It's sad yet appropriate that the cradle of man, Africa, is acting like babies towards this. After all, isn't the cradle where the baby rests? (although there are some African nations that aren't infantile bastions of barbarism) Also, what the hell IS this whole "eat da poo poo" thing about? I presume it's scatological and downright gross.
[QUOTE=ironman17;30522504]Also, what the hell IS this whole "eat da poo poo" thing about? I presume it's scatological and downright gross.[/QUOTE] Pastor Doctor Martin Ssempa has done some "research" on what homosexuals do. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euXQbZDwV0w[/media]
Wait. What is a 'Pastor Doctor'?
Another step towards a better world.
[QUOTE=dragon1972;30523154]Wait. What is a 'Pastor Doctor'?[/QUOTE] has something to do with christian science I'm guessing
LOL U.N. :v:
[QUOTE=analrapist;30523598]LOL UN :v:[/QUOTE] fuck off [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Flaming again" - Orkel))[/highlight]
[quote]Against (19): Russian Federation.[/quote] C'mon Russia, it's 2011.
[QUOTE=Sanius;30523577]has something to do with christian science I'm guessing[/QUOTE] "science"
[QUOTE=Lazor;30523608]fuck off[/QUOTE] Sorry for pointing out that U.N. resolutions are largely meaningless on Sovereign American soil. No need to Flaming/Trolling. Gay Rights will be a problem until the Supreme Court rules on it, and they've done everything in their power to avoid the issue.
I think this shows that some countries in the middle east and africa have a long, long way to go to catch up with the rest of the world, 19 against such a basic right is appalling. And Russia ? What the flying fuck are they doing. [QUOTE=analrapist;30523640]Sorry for pointing out that U.N. resolutions are largely meaningless on Sovereign American soil. No need to Flaming/Trolling. Gay Rights will be a problem until the Supreme Court rules on it, and they've done everything in their power to avoid the issue.[/QUOTE] How is going "LOL UN" describing that? :jerkbag: gj with the apparent snide political commentary that no-one else got
[QUOTE=Sanius;30523577]has something to do with christian science I'm guessing[/QUOTE] So its an oxymoron?
[QUOTE=analrapist;30523640]Sorry for pointing out that U.N. resolutions are largely meaningless on Sovereign American soil. No need to Flaming/Trolling. Gay Rights will be a problem until the Supreme Court rules on it, and they've done everything in their power to avoid the issue.[/QUOTE] You know, there is a world outside that overly obese country full of catholic imbeciles you call the united states of america. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Trolling" - verynicelady))[/highlight]
[QUOTE=J!NX;30524183]So its an oxymoron?[/QUOTE] essentially, yes
[QUOTE=Crimor;30524746]You know, there is a world outside that overly obese country full of catholic imbeciles you call the united states of america.[/QUOTE] :smithicide:
[QUOTE=Crimor;30524746]You know, there is a world outside that overly obese country full of catholic imbeciles you call the united states of america.[/QUOTE] ... where the fuck did you get the idea that the United States was majority Catholic? You know you're horribly wrong, right? The first Catholic President to be elected was John F. Kennedy, and that was in 1960!
[QUOTE=ewitwins;30527032]... where the fuck did you get the idea that the United States was majority Catholic? You know you're horribly wrong, right? The first Catholic President to be elected was John F. Kennedy, and that was in 1960![/QUOTE] Don't expect someone that talks out his ass to know what he's talking about.
[QUOTE=ewitwins;30527032]... where the fuck did you get the idea that the United States was majority Catholic? You know you're horribly wrong, right? The first Catholic President to be elected was John F. Kennedy, and that was in 1960![/QUOTE] And he was the only Catholic President.
I know a few homosexual people and they're great human beings. So although this might not do too much yet, maybe somewhere down the line. I hope it for them at least.
[QUOTE=Selek;30528303]I know a few homosexual people and they're great human beings. So although this might not do too much yet, maybe somewhere down the line. I hope it for them at least.[/QUOTE] It's a big step in the right direction, and that is what's important.
I'm actually surprised at how many African countries signed against it. Alot of them have huge Animalism or Non-Theistic populations who I would've guessed were ok with homosexuality. Guess the people in charge aren't so tolerant.
[QUOTE=DanRatherman;30533033]I'm actually surprised at how many African countries signed against it. Alot of them have huge Animalism or Non-Theistic populations who I would've guessed were ok with homosexuality. Guess the people in charge aren't so tolerant.[/QUOTE] [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Religion_distribution_Africa_crop.png[/img] Yeah, "a lot"
I predicted Russia for against because Russia was always against gays, which is not based on religion but they considered homosexuality a metal disorder, I guess that attitude extends to today and most african countries are fanatically religious. (Most likely due to lack of education)
[QUOTE=ironman17;30522058]This is a very good thing. Soon we will be one step closer to making a lot of things better for everyone. Hopefully any who strive to oppose and defy this victorious decree are soon to be crushed like the pestilent pests they are.[/QUOTE] Yes. Let's kill people for disagreeing with a self-proclaimed but altogether pretentious entity like the UN. We're already doing it in Libya, why stop with just dead Arabs? The problem is that there shouldn't even be an issue here. I'm all for equal rights as far as human beings go; marriage, however, is a traditional and typically religion-defined practice, [I]not a "right" inherent to mankind itself between a man and whatever random thing he chooses to be legally joined to[/I], and thus violating it is also a violation of others' rights and beliefs, among other problems. They could make them an appropriation for civil union, but that's enough enough when they're trying to cram their own beliefs down our throat by force of law.
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