Splitting
hairs? This has been equated with voting for the death penalty for
gays which it is not exactly
US
Votes Against UN Resolution Condemning Death Penalty For Same-Sex
Relations
3
October, 2017
Five
days ago the US joined 12 other countries in voting against a UN
resolution that condemns the usage of the death penalty for apostasy,
blasphemy, adultery and consensual same-sex relations.
Though
the vote did pass September 29 with the help of 27 nations
voting in favor — although seven others abstained —
the Land of the Free joined Botswana, Burundi, Egypt, Ethiopia,
Bangladesh, China, India, Iraq, Japan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the
United Arab Emirates in their nay vote.
"Ambassador
Haley has failed the LGBTQ community by not standing up against
the barbaric use of the death penalty to punish individuals
in same-sex relationships," wrote Ty Cobb, director of HRC
Global. "While the UN Human Rights Council took this crucially
important step, the Trump/Pence administration failed to show
leadership on the world stage by not championing this
critical measure."
"This
administration's blatant disregard for human rights and LGBTQ
lives around the world is beyond disgraceful," Cobb
concluded.
Among
the critics also stood a familiar representative — Susan Rice,
former national security adviser for the Obama administration
and former US ambassador to the UN.
"Shame
on the US!" Rice tweeted Tuesday. "I was proud to lead
US efforts at the UN to protect LGBTQ people, back in the
day when American stood for human rights for all."
Responding
to the concerns, Heather Nauert, the spokesperson for the
US State Department, announced Tuesday that the US was not
against the LGBTQ community, but rather did not agree
with language in the resolution urging the abolition of the
death penalty.
"We
voted against that resolution because of broader concerns
with the resolution's approach in condemning the death
penalty in all circumstances, and it called for the
abolition of the death penalty altogether," Nauert said
Tuesday. "The United States unequivocally condemns the
application of the death penalty for conduct such
as homosexuality, blasphemy, adultery and apostasy. We do not
consider such conduct appropriate for criminalization."
.@statedeptspox comments on a vote related to the death penalty at the @UN #HumanRights Council in Geneva. #UNHRC
The
ban also specifically targeted the use of capital punishment
against those with "mental or intellectual disabilities,
persons below 18 years of age at the time of the
commission of crime, and pregnant women," as the
resolution read.
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