Pride and Shame

U.S. Deputy Ambassador to the U.N. Alejandro Wolff
December 20, 2008

The United States did not support a non-binding declaration at the United Nations General Assembly expressing concern for violations of “human rights and fundamental freedoms based on sexual orientation and gender identity." Why not? Because “the nature of our federal system prevents us from undertaking commitments and engagement where federal authorities don’t have full jurisdiction,” U.S. Deputy Ambassador Alejandro Wolff said.

That's a bull-shit answer. More Info...

Call Alejandro and tell him to stop trying to hide behind bull-shit procedural nonsense and have enough guts to say to the world that the gays should not be imprisoned or killed just for being gay.

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