tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4961055470406458728.post4321442540620926541..comments2023-10-26T05:13:25.490-05:00Comments on Kingfisher Column: Obama Administration to Sign UN Declaration to "Decriminalize Homosexuality"Kingfisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09104803485290311402noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4961055470406458728.post-54860681016139121922009-03-20T14:45:00.000-05:002009-03-20T14:45:00.000-05:00I found this at NRO in reponse to a Goldberg blog ...I found this at NRO in reponse to a Goldberg blog on this subject.<BR/><BR/><I> "It gets worse than that. For one thing this declaration, at its core, is NOT about simple decriminalization (which I suppose is dandy); it is about making sexual orientation a protected class in UN human rights anti-discrimination architecture. As such, criminalizing homosexuality would be illegal, as would a lot of other things possibly including hetero-exclusive marriage. (That is to say, if the end purpose of the declaration were mainstreamed at the UN. The declaration itself has no weight at all.) Furthermore, the counter-declaration was sponsored by Egypt and mainly supported (I think) by Muslim countries. You're absolutely right that left-realism should dictate that we make nice to them and not shove the work of Brussels Harvey Milks down their throats.</I>Fitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13309743585009080434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4961055470406458728.post-83842762248693867742009-03-19T01:23:00.000-05:002009-03-19T01:23:00.000-05:00Are we surprised? No. Are we disappointed? Yes.Are we surprised? No. Are we disappointed? Yes.Euripideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02405637531928318155noreply@blogger.com