US, Russia and China oppose UN’s gay rights mission

Of course, let’s not forget the Roman Catholic Church who is opposing gay rights, listing improbable and nonsensical justifications for their intolerance.

“An unprecedented declaration seeking to decriminalize homosexuality won the support of 66 countries in the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, but opponents criticized it as an attempt to legitimize pedophilia and other ‘deplorable acts.’

“The United States refused to support the nonbinding measure, as did Russia, China, the Roman Catholic Church and members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference. The Holy See’s observer mission issued a statement saying that the declaration ‘challenges existing human rights norms.’”

“Although laws against homosexuality are concentrated in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, more than one speaker addressing a separate conference on the declaration noted that the laws stemmed as much from the British colonial past as from religion or tradition.”

Source: read Neil Macfarquhar’s full article at New York Times

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