US & Iran can find commond ground

[Big Ol' Smitty 0]

On two different issues~!

 

1.) Teh Ghey

 

At the same time the United States is having an internal debate about whether or not to bomb Iran (or take some type of military action) to stop their nuclear program the US is siding with Iran in a debate at the United Nations to "deny UN consultative status to organizations working to protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people."

 

http://www.streetprophets.com/storyonly/2006/2/16/152256/260

 

In a letter to Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, a coalition of 40 organizations, led by the Human Rights Campaign, Human Rights Watch, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, called for an explanation of the vote which aligned the United States with governments that have long repressed the rights of sexual minorities...

 

In May 2005, the International Lesbian and Gay Association, which is based in Brussels, and the Danish gay rights group Landsforeningen for Bøsser og Lesbiske (LBL) applied for consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council. Consultative status is the only official means by which non-governmental organizations (NGOs) around the world can influence and participate in discussions among member states at the United Nations. Nearly 3,000 groups enjoy this status.

 

States opposed to the two groups' applications moved to have them summarily dismissed, an almost unprecedented move at the UN, where organizations are ordinarily allowed to state their cases. The U.S. abstained on a vote which would have allowed the debate to continue and the groups to be heard. It then voted to reject the applications...

 

As the U.S. government acknowledged in its 2004 country report on Iran, Iranian law punishes homosexual conduct between men with the death penalty. Human Rights Watch has documented four cases of arrests, flogging, or execution of gay men in Iran since 2003...

 

The U.S. has reversed position since 2002, when it voted to support the International Lesbian and Gay Association's request to have its status reviewed. Officials gave no explanation for the change.

 

http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2006/01/25/iran12535.htm

 

"Joining the United States and Iran in voting against the gay groups were: Cameroon [oligarchy], China [communist/authoritarian state], Cuba [see China], Pakistan [islamic military state], the Russian Federation [fomer communist state, agreed to arm Hamas], Senegal [finally, a real democracy], Sudan [engaged in genocide] and Zimbabwe [opressive military regime]."

 

http://www.metroweekly.com/gauge/?ak=1966

 

2.) Renaming Food When You're Angry

 

Bakeries across [Tehran] were covering up their ads for Danish pastries Thursday after the confectioners' union ordered the name change in retaliation for caricatures of the Muslim prophet published in a Danish newspaper.

 

"Given the insults by Danish newspapers against the prophet, as of now the name of Danish pastries will give way to 'Rose of Muhammad' pastries," the union said in its order.

 

"This is a punishment for those who started misusing freedom of expression to insult the sanctities of Islam," said Ahmad Mahmoudi, a cake shop owner in northern Tehran.

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/iran_danish_pastries

[SuperJerk 0]

Bush doesn't care about gay people.

[Vampiro69 0]

BLASHPHEMY! (actually I have always wanted to say that)

[CheesalaIsGood 0]

Oh those benevolent souls in Bush Country. They really are after our best interests. It's best we just shut up and let them do what is right. Thats it... quiet down. Drink Diet coke and shut the fuck up. It's good for ALL of us.

 

 

Yes, it's cynical. But what else can you do but take every spoon full of bullshit with a grain of salt. I prefere syrup.

[Art Sandusky 0]

Please stop.

[I like Forums 0]

Yeah, humans rights wise there is room for development on the US Government's part. Look at the countries that agree with their position. Are those the countries, out of all the countries around the world, that you want YOUR government thinking like? I know I wouldn't.

[Stephen Joseph 0]

oh please...

[Art Sandusky 0]

You can't act like the attempts to turn a specific "morality" into concrete law actually has us moving forward.

[Boon 0]

Bush doesn't care about gay people.