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Originally Posted by Handsome Devil
I'm just thankful to live in a country that doesn't execute someone because they're gay or lesbian. I'm hopeful the marriage issue will change.
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I agree. The comments about cutting off aid to this and/or other countries, made me wonder why we provide so much aid to countries who still condone execution for homosexuals ( among other human rights violations).
It wasn't that long ago that the list of countries represented at the UN who approved of execution was released. I recall being surprised that Haiti, a country who was at that time ( and is still currently) trying to rebuild from such a huge disaster much due to the aid coming from the USA and other countries, is among those countries on the UN list.
Here's that list:
http://www.whatthefolly.com/2010/11/...gender-people/
( scroll to bottom for 79 countries)... just for a source.
Sorry for the derail. I guess it just made me think that if we should cut aid... cut it to ALL tyrants.