Posted on 08/24/2015 9:43:57 AM PDT by markomalley
Top representatives from the United States and Chile hosted a United Nation's Security Council briefing Monday on the plight gays face from Islamic State fighters in hopes of generating world outrage at the LGBT persecution.
It was the first-ever security council meeting on gay rights and included testimony from those targeted by ISIS. It was hosted by U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power and Chile's U.N. Ambassador Cristian Barros Melet.
"I'm receiving messages daily from my friends who are terrified and feeling alone because of ISIL's constant attacks, murders, and infiltration and shutting off of the one escape route to safety in Turkey," said Subhi Nahas, an openly gay Syrian refugee and representative of the Organization for Refuge, Asylum & Migration.
According to reports, ISIS has thrown gays off high buildings.
In a statement, Nahas also discussed with the group gay persecution in other nations like Turkey, where he lived for three years before coming to the U.S. to work for the San Francisco-based ORAM.
"Turkey is not a safe place either," he said. "My friends there have sent me pictures of their wounds from police rubber bullets at Istanbul Pride in June. In July, a gay activist was raped in his own home and my friends report that attacks against LGBT people are escalating by two vigilante militant groups who are posting banners calling to 'Kill gay people' in Ankara and Istanbul."
ORAM's founder and executive director, Neil Grungras, said the U.N. meeting was key to bringing attention to the issue.
"It's particularly important that this event is hosted by the U.N. Security Council. Of the millions of LGBT people who face human rights abuses each year, only a handful manage to escape and become refugees. It is up to the nations of conscience represented here today to open their doors and give these refugees the safety they need," said Grungras.
For Sodomites, "This Will Not Stand!!!!!"
May God strike this country down.
Indeed, meanwhile we kill live babies. I think we lost our moral high ground.
uhhh.....and we’re not supposed to be outraged about all of their other atrocities?
Gee, there’s finally a reason for liberals to dislike radical Islam.
Not a thing for Christians. Dead silence.
What if they’re Gay Christians?
Yeah, that's my NUMBER ONE CONCERN about ISIS..., gagging now..., sorry!
Is this a Joke???
It needs to be corrected, they’re only killing sodomites that do not adhere to the hadiths or q’aran.
One has to wonder why Obama is upset since that is the case? It’s Muslims doing Muslim things after all.
Let’s force ISIS to bake gay wedding cakes! That’ll fix ‘em.
Is Obama saying that as long as ISIS leaves gays alone, it’s okay to behead people and bulldoze civilization?
No! May God have mercy on this country in spite of those individuals responsible for this. God will deal with all of us as He pleases.
The New American Theme Song
(Melody: “You’re a Grand Old Flag”)
“If it’s Gay and it’s Ghetto then it’s Good!
That’s the New American Way!
Forget Mom and Pop, Red White and Blue,
The Rainbow Flag is here for you!
If it’s Gay and it’s Ghetto then it’s Good!
Stand up for what is Right!
We don’t allow Bigotry we don’t allow Hate!
NORMAL is the only thing we don’t tolerate!
If It’s Gay and it’s Ghetto then it’s Good...
Why not just world outrage at ISIS PERIOD?
Right. No outrage about sex trafficking, beheadings, brutality against children? Just gays? Wow!
Fixed it. Be careful what you ask for.
Fixed it. Be careful what you ask for.
exactly.
How many Christians over the years have been targeted and hardly a frigging peep from this administration.
Little girls are being beheaded because they will not deny Jesus and the silence has been deafening .
Now that they are beheading gays they are upset , meanwhile they deny entry to this country to middle eastern Christians but are bring hoards of muslims that are going to do the exact same thing here as they are doing in the middle east .
These people invited them here with the sole purpose of destroying Christians in this country . They invited the people that are going to toss them off buildings here just like they are doing there .
Wonder how many aborted babies were gay?
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