Wednesday, December 7

Equal Rights


State Department Promotes Gay Rights Worldwide

"The Obama administration on Tuesday rolled out a wide-ranging plan to use U.S. foriegn aid to promote rights for gays and lesbians around the globe.

The Associated Press reports that, in a new executive memorandum, President Obama directed the State Department, the U.S. Agency for International Development and other U.S. agencies working abroad to use foreign aid to assist homosexuals who are facing human rights violations. The initiative also includes measures to combat attempts by foreign governments to make homosexuality a crime."

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