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US CONGRESSMAN THREATENS TRADE SANCTIONS AGAINST ANTI-GAY GOVERNMENTS
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Autor: Austin Ruse
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Fuente: C-FAM (Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute)
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An
openly
gay
US
Congressman
announced
at
the
UN
this
week
that
he
would
seek
trade
sanctions
against
US
trading
partners
that
oppose
UN
human
rights
measures
for
homosexuals.
Specifically
mentioning
Egypt
as
a
target
for
sanctions,
Barney
Frank,
Democrat
of
Massachusetts,
made
the
announcement
during
a
meeting
of
homosexuals
at
UN
headquarters
in
New
York
on
Monday.
Buoyed
by
a
"growing
level
of
success
at
the
UN"
and
a
seemingly
decisive
international
cultural
shift,
gay
rights
advocates
met
to
discuss
a
multi-pronged
strategy,
including
attacks
on
traditional
morality
and
Christianity,
that
they
believe
will
advance
the
complete
gay,
lesbian,
bisexual
and
transgender
agenda.
During
a
panel
discussion,
Paula
Ettelbrick,
Executive
Director
of
the
International
Gay
and
Lesbian
Human
Rights
Commission
(IGLHRC)
announced
a
coming
"showdown
with
religion"
and
that
the
Pope's
"call
to
arms"
against
homosexual
marriage
would
be
successfully
combated.
Anthony
Appiah,
a
professor
at
Princeton
University,
said
that
religion
posed
"a
challenge"
to
the
homosexual
agenda,
and
wondered
whether
religious
freedom
ought
to
be
limited.
Svend
Robinson,
a
member
of
the
Canadian
parliament,
singled
out
Bishop
Frederick
Henry
of
Calgary
for
criticism,
calling
his
actions
in
defense
of
traditional
marriage
"unbelievable."
Robinson
also
received
thunderous
applause
from
the
audience
when
he
told
the
Catholic
Church
to
"clean
up
your
own
house"
before
criticizing
the
morality
of
homosexuals.
Finally,
Robinson
mocked
"born
again"
Christians,
asking,
"Did
they
have
to
come
back
again
as
themselves?"
The
panel
also
discussed
ways
to
ensure
that
the
resolution
introduced
by
Brazil
at
this
year's
UN
Human
Rights
Commission,
that
sought
to
expand
the
UN's
definition
of
discrimination
to
include
discrimination
based
upon
"sexual
orientation,"
would
be
successful
next
year.
Robinson
blamed
the
resolution's
failure
to
pass
this
year
on
the
Vatican,
which
"lobbied
hard"
by
rallying
"top
people
in
Latin
America."
In
response,
Robinson
promised
a
worldwide
lobbying
campaign,
and
announced
that
a
"different
champion"
other
than
Brazil
will
bring
the
resolution
forward
at
the
next
session
of
the
Commission.
There
will
also
be
a
meeting
held
in
San
Diego
this
fall
of
gay,
lesbian,
bisexual
and
transgender
parliamentarians
in
order
to
coordinate
these
efforts.
In
a
flier
distributed
at
the
meeting,
IGLHRC
listed
some
of
the
laws
it
considered
discriminatory
towards
homosexuals
and
that
should
be
changed:
"Sodomy,
age
of
consent
and
other
'sex
act'
laws.laws
on
prostitution.laws
penalizing
those
wearing
clothing
of
the
opposite
sex.obscenity/pornography
laws.denial
of
marriage
to
same
sex
partners,
denial
of
marriage
to
trans
[gender]
people.laws
on
parenting/adoption."
The
meeting
was
sponsored
by
UN
Gay,
Lesbian
or
Bisexual
Employees
(UNGLOBE),
and
illustrates
the
growing
influence
of
homosexual
rights
advocates
at
the
UN.
UN
Secretary
General
Kofi
Annan
briefly
attended
the
meeting,
and
Carol
Bellamy,
Executive
Director
of
the
UN
Children's
Fund
(UNICEF),
sent
a
message
of
support.
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