Execution of gays okay

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The United Nations has removed a plea for lesbians, gays and bisexuals not to be executed in a narrow vote.

For the last 10 years sexual orientation has been included in a list of discriminatory grounds for executions – gay rights activists say the vote to remove that listing is “dangerous and disturbing.”

The UN resolution urges countries to protect the right to life of all people, calling on them to investigate killings based on discriminatory grounds. Sexual orientation was previously listed as one of these forms of discrimination, alongside ethnicity, religious belief and linguistic minorities.

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Some of those voting to remove sexual orientation were countries where gays are known to be or thought to be executed or summarily killed including Iran, Nigeria, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Iraq.

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This is very, very uncool.
(Yes, I know, in countries where murder in general is frowned upon it's not going to make a huge difference, but where homosexuality is punishable by death it's got to have more of an impact.)

The UN are about as much use as a bloody chocolate teapot. I can't believe the countries who are likely to already be doing summary executions were allowed to vote there.

UN being useless and counter productive

I never would have imagined

The UN's uselessness aside (not that I disagree) it's not so surprising that things work out like this when they do. Just because someone works in a position where we expect them to consider their culture's more backwards and unevolved tendencies to be just that instead of actually adhering to it as they were likely raised doesn't mean they actually will have that enlightenment. Otherwise good people can still be homophobic.

WTF, UN?!

Nice.

Honestly, it really makes you wonder. Useless UN.