The Tmp admistratn is lnchg a global mpaign to end the crimalizatn of homosexualy dozens of natns where 's still illegal to be gay.
Contents:
- WHY DID THE TMP ADMISTRATN VOTE AGAST U.N. MOTN CONMNG GAY DEATH PENALTY?
- US VOT AGAST UN MOTN TO NMN GAY SEX ATH PENALTY ‘OVER FEARS EXECUTNS ULD BE BANNED THE STAT’
- 13 UNTRI WHERE BEG GAY IS LEGALLY PUNISHABLE BY ATH
WHY DID THE TMP ADMISTRATN VOTE AGAST U.N. MOTN CONMNG GAY DEATH PENALTY?
"Tmp vot for ath penalty for beg gay, " said a May 7 headle on the WashgtonSourc webse. We found that the Uned Stat voted agast a rolutn that lled for an overall ban on the ath penalty, not a ban specific to gays and lbians.
The Tmp admistratn faced a barrage of negative headl about the sectn of the rolutn pertag to people who are gay.
US VOT AGAST UN MOTN TO NMN GAY SEX ATH PENALTY ‘OVER FEARS EXECUTNS ULD BE BANNED THE STAT’
"The Uned Stat unequivolly nmns the applitn of the ath penalty for nduct such as homosexualy, blasphemy, adultery, and apostasy.
3: "Fact: There was NO vote by USUN that supported the ath penalty for gay people. After Nert’s statement, some gay rights activists remaed cril of the vote. Acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, as of 2017 there were six untri (eight if we unt the parts of Syria and Iraq still occupied by ISIS) where the ath penalty is implemented for same-sex relatns.
13 UNTRI WHERE BEG GAY IS LEGALLY PUNISHABLE BY ATH
A headle by WashgtonSourc said, "Tmp vot for ath penalty for beg gay. Days later, the State Department went on rerd statg that "unequivolly nmns the applitn of the ath penalty for nduct such as homosexualy. WashgtonSourc, "Tmp Vot For Death Penalty For Beg Gay, " May 7, 2018.
NBC News, "Followg Backlash, US Clarifi UN Vote on 'Death Penalty for Gays, '" Oct. The Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA) "UN Rolutn nmns penalty for same-sex relatns, " Oct.
The Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA), "State-sponsored homophobia report, " May 15, 2017. The Uned Stat was one of 13 natns, cludg some of the most reprsive natns on Earth, to oppose a Uned Natns motn nmng the ath penalty for those same-sex relatnships, blasphemers and Uned Stat voted Geneva agast a Uned Natns Human Rights Council motn entled "The Qutn of the Death Penalty" on September motn lled for untri where the ath penalty is legal to ensure is not imposed a manner that is "arbrarily or a discrimatory manner" or for forms of nduct such as apostasy, blasphemy, adultery and nsensual homosexual Uned Stat was joed by Botswana, Bundi, Egypt, Ethpia, Banglash, Cha, India, Iraq, Japan, Qatar, Sdi Arabia and Uned Arab Emirat votg agast the measure, which passed anyway, wh 27 activists have nmned the Tmp admistratn and s U.