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Title: Obama, Clinton praise U.N. gay resolution
Post by: Shana A on June 18, 2011, 10:21:16 AM
Post by: Shana A on June 18, 2011, 10:21:16 AM
Obama, Clinton praise U.N. gay resolution
Published: June 17, 2011 at 9:05 PM
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/06/17/Obama-Clinton-praise-UN-gay-resolution/UPI-34561308335279/ (http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/06/17/Obama-Clinton-praise-UN-gay-resolution/UPI-34561308335279/)
UNITED NATIONS, June 17 (UPI) -- The U.N. Human Rights Council Friday adopted a resolution seeking a study to document discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons.
It's the first-ever U.N. resolution on the human rights of homosexuals and bisexual and transgender individuals.
[...]
U.S. President Barack Obama called the action "a significant milestone in the long struggle for equality, and the beginning of a universal recognition that LGBT persons are endowed with the same inalienable rights -- and entitled to the same protections -- as all human beings."
Published: June 17, 2011 at 9:05 PM
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/06/17/Obama-Clinton-praise-UN-gay-resolution/UPI-34561308335279/ (http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/06/17/Obama-Clinton-praise-UN-gay-resolution/UPI-34561308335279/)
UNITED NATIONS, June 17 (UPI) -- The U.N. Human Rights Council Friday adopted a resolution seeking a study to document discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons.
It's the first-ever U.N. resolution on the human rights of homosexuals and bisexual and transgender individuals.
[...]
U.S. President Barack Obama called the action "a significant milestone in the long struggle for equality, and the beginning of a universal recognition that LGBT persons are endowed with the same inalienable rights -- and entitled to the same protections -- as all human beings."