U.S. SIDES WITH IRAN !!!

[mtmynd]

Has anyone heard of this?

It has to be one of those "Ripley's Believe It or Not's"... but, no, here it is, documented by Human Rights News -

in part:

(Washington, D.C., January 25, 2006) - In a reversal of policy, the United States on Monday backed an Iranian initiative to deny United Nations consultative status to organizations working to protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. In a letter to Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, a coalition of 40 organizations, led by the Human Rights Campaign, Human Rights Watch, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, called for an explanation of the vote which aligned the United States with governments that have long repressed the rights of sexual minorities.

“This vote is an aggressive assault by the U.S. government on the right of sexual minorities to be heard,” said Scott Long, director of the LGBT rights program at Human Rights Watch. “It is astonishing that the Bush administration would align itself with Sudan, China, Iran and Zimbabwe in a coalition of the homophobic.”

For the entire article go to:

http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/01/25/iran12535.htm

[mnaz]

Judge by actions. Fascist is as fascist does. Fascist-like is as fascist-like does.

[mnaz]

Our old friends, the evangelicals, most likely. Onward Christian soldiers, marching to war....

[mtmynd]

Yeah, mnaz - Onward Christian and Islamic Soldiers... "They're coming to take us away, hah hah.. they're coming to take us away..."

Remarkable article... how silent the general media remain... while the Neo Cons look suspiciously like our enemy.

Wasn't it Pogo that famously said: "We have seen the enemy and it is us?"

You're in the Great Blue area where sense means more than a fractured dollar. Never underestimate the power of education... something sorely lacking among our lemming majority who are unable to see Freedom thru the haze of ignorance.

[e_dog]

not surprised that fundamentalist theocrats would oppose gay rights.

Whether Muslim or Christian, its all the same when it comes to homophobia.