Do elections matter? To quote an infamous American politician, “You betcha!” Yesterday, Hillary Clinton made news when she addressed the United Nations in Geneva and publicly declared the US will fight discrimination against gay and lesbians abroad by using foreign aid and diplomacy to encourage reform. Do I think that Saudi Arabia will stop beheading Gay men? I doubt it, but I do believe her and think this is more than just rhetoric.
Can you imagine this change in policy if John McCain won the last Presidential election? I can’t. When Hillary Clinton says to the UN, “Being gay is not a western invention, it is a human reality” it sends a message that being gay is okay to millions of men and women living in nations where they are persecuted, bullied, beaten and killed.
Did you know in more than 80 countries it is illegal to be gay? Source
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Whether you “feel” that gay rights, especially marriage, is right or wrong it doesn’t matter. The fact is that gay rights are (should be) a protected civil liberty. The government has not right to tell two consenting adults what type of relationship they can carry on. If a gay couple would like to enter into marriage and accept the rules and responsibilities that come with that – then so be it!
For those that are against gay rights based on religious principal – that’s why we have separation of church and state – that’s also why we have the constitution!
I always found it strange that those same religious people support unending wars and greed… Then again liberals who support human rights and are typically against war, support abortion. We’re all mixed up, it seems.
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