Posted on 05/16/2015 4:16:04 PM PDT by Steelfish
US Slams Gambia's President For 'Unconscionable' Gay Comments
President Yahya Jammeh of Gambia reportedly threatened to slit the throats of gay men in his country
Washington - The United States slammed Gambian President Yahya Jammeh on Saturday for "unconscionable" remarks, after the West African leader reportedly threatened to slit the throats of gay men in his country.
In a public speech this month, Jammeh said he would slit the throats of men who wanted to marry other men in the small West African nation, according to Human Rights Campaign.
Without quoting his remarks, US National Security Advisor Susan Rice said the comments were part of an "alarming deterioration of the broader human rights situation" in Gambia.
"The recent unconscionable comments by Gambian President Yahya Jammeh underscore why we must continue to seek a world in which no one lives in fear of violence or persecution because of who they are or whom they love," Rice said in a statement.
Homosexuality is illegal in Gambia, and Jammeh created in October the crime of "aggravated homosexuality" which carries a sentence of up to life imprisonment.
In a speech last year, Jammeh called homosexuals "ungodly, Satanic... vermins [sic]," drawing criticism from rights groups.
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The Gambian president doesn’t know our President is one...
But ISIS threatening to slit the throats of infidels is not ‘unconscionable’. Do I have that right Barry? Or should I say Valerie?
Uh, he’s right; they’re disgusting, disease ridden vermin.
Did Susan Rice come up with a hashtag campaign like #SaveOurHomosexuals in order to put severe diplomatic pressure on the Gambian president?
Isn’t that how diplomacy is done these days by the Obama regime?
I guess Zero has crossed Gambia off his must visit list!
Das racis
US gov hates strong leaders of color
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Susan Rice is a h8r. Who is she to judge their culture?
Sounds like sodomites need to ‘keep it in the closet’.
How come the U.S. is not indignant when ISIS murders homosexuals?
Can we trade Ø for the Gambian President?
Odd, I thought the left felt very strongly that we Westerners shouldn’t impose our culture on other cultures. Especially leftists coming from an anti-colonialist background like the current POTUS. Maybe he should have a word with the rest of his administration about this point.
I can hardly wait for a newsreader to refer to the Gambian President as an “African American.”
Let them eat (wedding) cake...
So are we taking in Gambian gays as political refugees?
“Ungodly, Satanic... Vermin”
Who is this president — Captain Obvious?
actually chop off the heads of hundreds of Christians and the white hut stays silent.
mention the intention of cutting the throat of a fag and the white hut gets its panties in a bunch.
guess that answers the question of whether 0bama sits or stands when ‘he’ pees
Can I volunteer to sharpen his knives for him?
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