United States votes against UN resolution to condemn executing gays

The United Nations put forward a resolution condemning all countries that want to execute people for the crime of being gays.

Thirteen countries voted against it. Thirteen countries basically said they supported the notion of countries killing people because of who they fall in love with.

What countries voted against that idea? Botswana, Burundi, Egypt, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, China, India, Iraq, Japan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates…

And us. The United States refused to condemn countries executing gays.

What possible reason could we have for doing that? A U.N. rep stated that it was because they felt the resolution was too broad, sweepingly stating that capital punishment should be eliminated altogether. Heaven forbid we shouldn’t throw gays under the bus in order to cling to the notion that killing prisoners isn’t wrong.

Fortunately the resolution passed anyway. Without our help. Don’t worry: the world is getting accustomed to doing things without our help.

PAD