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:Eric Ethington (Author) | December 21, 2008
The United States, specifically the Bush Administration drew world-wide criticism again this past Thursday (12/18/08) as it refused to endorse the declaration put forward by France seeking to decriminalize homosexuality in the world. According to the NY Times, Rama Yade the French state secretary for human rights, and Maxime Verhagen,the Dutch foreign minister spoke out [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | December 11, 2008
In a joint statement on Dec 10th, 2008 the following was released in response to the UN resolution to decriminalize homosexuality (see http://ethingtoneric.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/un-to-vote-on-gay-rights-us-stays-silent/) by Reverend Rebecca Voelkel, Institute for Welcoming Resources and faith work director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; Harry Knox, director of Religion and Faith Program of the Human Rights [...]
"Eric, trying to have this (civil rights) conversation with you is ultimately like trying to teach a pig to dance, it just annoys the pig. So Eric, sorry to annoy you."
-Paul Mero, The Sutherland Institute.