U.N. divided over gay rights declaration

Reuters ^ | Dec 18, 2008 | Patrick Worsnip

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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly split over the issue of gay rights on Thursday after a European-drafted statement calling for decriminalization of homosexuality prompted an Arab-backed one opposing it.

Diplomats said a joint statement initiated by France and the Netherlands gathered 66 signatures in the 192-nation assembly after it was read out by Argentina at a plenary session. A rival statement, read out by Syria, gathered some 60.

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But the opposing document said the statement "delves into matters which fall essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of states" and could lead to "the social normalization, and possibly the legitimization, of many deplorable acts including pedophilia."

"We note with concern the attempts to create 'new rights' or 'new standards,' by misinterpreting the Universal Declaration and international treaties to include such notions that were never articulated nor agreed by the general membership," it added.

This, it said, could "seriously jeopardize the entire international human rights framework."

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More proof that the U.N. has outlived its usefulness and needs to be shut down. Advocating for sexual deviancy was not one of the reasons why the U.N. was created.

[MAD-AS-HELL]

funny thing about this is that homosexuality is rampant in arab countries but they seem to justify it by other means, so I am told. It’s their dirty little secret that they don’t want anyone else to know.

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Can anyone think of one good reason for the US staying in the UN? Or one good reason why we became involved with that global government gang in the first place? I can’t. This “gay rights” business is just one more good reason for America getting out of the UN and for getting the UN out of America!

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Where is such a declaration for RELIGIOUS freedom? Wouldn’t go well with the Saudis?

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This is genital freedom. Licking the carpet and blowing the bone are fundamental human rights.