UN chief advocates gay rights

Published: 29/01/2012 at 11:22 PM
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, in an unusually outspoken declaration Sunday, told African leaders they must respect gay rights, an issue that is controversial in many African states.

``One form of discrimination ignored or even sanctioned by many states for too long has been discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity,'' Ban said at an African Union summit in the Ethiopian capital.

``It prompted governments to treat people as second-class citizens or even criminals,'' he added.

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cepetersen
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Discussion 3 : 30/01/2012 at 02:52 PM3
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Disc 1. Interesting. What 1% are you referring to?
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Discussion 2 : 30/01/2012 at 09:17 AM2
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The UN should be scrapped. It has outlived its usefulness. All it does now is propagate the views of America, Britain and the other members of NATO.

The UN has no right to tell African leaders what to do regarding their cultures. The west exported Christianity to Africa, and now it is busy exporting things that are un-African to Africa, and telling African leaders that they must accept them.

If the UN must exist, it should stop being a mouthpiece and tool of western leaders.
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Discussion 1 : 30/01/2012 at 02:49 AM1
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This social disease of 'perceived rights' is a global pandemic.

Why is the sub 1% of society allowed to dictate their agenda to the rest ?

Why can every little subgroup of society who deem themselves different ended up as special privilege class with more liberties than other ?

Where does it end ?
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