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Title: UN Wants Jamaica to Abolish 'Buggery' Laws
Post by: SandraJane on November 07, 2011, 11:58:41 PM
Post by: SandraJane on November 07, 2011, 11:58:41 PM
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UN Wants Jamaica to Abolish 'Buggery' Laws
By Neal Broverman | Posted on Advocate.com November 05, 2011 07:15:00 PM ET
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/11/05/UN_Wants_Jamaica_to_Abolish__Buggery__Laws/ (http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/11/05/UN_Wants_Jamaica_to_Abolish__Buggery__Laws/)
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The United Nations' Human Rights Committee wants changes in Jamaica — namely an end to bans on same-sex behavior, as well as new laws that prohibit discrimination against LGBT people.
UN Wants Jamaica to Abolish 'Buggery' Laws
By Neal Broverman | Posted on Advocate.com November 05, 2011 07:15:00 PM ET
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/11/05/UN_Wants_Jamaica_to_Abolish__Buggery__Laws/ (http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/11/05/UN_Wants_Jamaica_to_Abolish__Buggery__Laws/)
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The United Nations' Human Rights Committee wants changes in Jamaica — namely an end to bans on same-sex behavior, as well as new laws that prohibit discrimination against LGBT people.
Title: Re: UN Wants Jamaica to Abolish 'Buggery' Laws
Post by: spacial on November 08, 2011, 06:31:03 AM
Post by: spacial on November 08, 2011, 06:31:03 AM
Is it just me, or does anyone else find it rather offensive that buggary/sodomy/anal sex/whatever are frequently mentioned when referring to homosexuality laws?
Surely, the issue isn't about buggary, it's about basic freedom?
What sort of sexual activites people engage in are a separate matter and if authorities insisit upon being involved in those them that ridicules them.
But persecuting people for having the outragious temerity to fall in love is just silly.
Surely, the issue isn't about buggary, it's about basic freedom?
What sort of sexual activites people engage in are a separate matter and if authorities insisit upon being involved in those them that ridicules them.
But persecuting people for having the outragious temerity to fall in love is just silly.